South Africans Trickle Into Zimbabwe For COVID-19 Vaccination
Zimbabwe is seeing a boost in vaccine tourism as foreign nationals have started arriving in the country to get vaccinated against COVID-19, for a fee.
This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa last month said foreigners could get the jab in Zimbabwe if they were willing to pay. He said then:
Zimbabweans will get the vaccine for free, but foreigners who come here will receive the vaccine at a cost. This is a human element, we cannot deny anybody the vaccine, but if you are not Zimbabwean we will give you the vaccine at a cost.
FeedbackThe government has so far authorised the use of four COVID-19 vaccines: China’s Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines, Russia’s Sputnik V and Covaxin from India.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday listed Sinopharm for emergency use, giving the green light for this vaccine to be rolled out globally.
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The Sinopharm vaccine is produced by Beijing Bio-Institute of Biological Products Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
Meanwhile, Grant Evans, a local businessman in Zimbabwe, decided to bring over his extended South African family who are not yet eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in the neighbouring country. Said Evans:
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is slow in SA, and my extended family in Cape Town needed to get vaccinated. We made a decision to bring them to Zimbabwe to get vaccinated.
The private clinics in Zimbabwe are charging foreign nationals $70 for both jabs, we are happy to pay and it sounds reasonable.
Below are some posts gleaned by TimesLive from Twitter on the idea of vaccine tourism in Zimbabwe:
@sharonmufaro posted: “Today I came across some tourists who came to Zimbabwe specifically to get vaccinated and they are happy to pay for the jab. To say I was amazed is an understatement.”
@Thatorale commented: “Limpopo and Zim are not that far apart. This sounds like a plan.”
@XNdimba tweeted: “Credit where it’s due. You guys clearly got this right. It’s highly politicised in SA — it’s an opposition party playground. They push conspiracies, calling them ‘ideology’.”
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