Renowned journalist and filmmaker Hopewell Chin’ono said that it should be a national embarrassment for Zimbabwe’s leaders to be crowing over a donation of a mere 200 000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine by China.
Chin’ono believes a country richly endowed with abundant natural resources like Zimbabwe should not be relying on such a pitiful donation as it plans to innoculate its over 14 million population.
In a social media post a few hours before an Air Zimbabwe jet landed at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport with a consignment of the vaccines, Chin’ono said:
In 2 hours time, an Air Zimbabwe plane will land in Zimbabwe carrying a donation of 200k Covid vaccines from China, only sufficient to vaccinate 1.25% of Zimbabwe’s population.
There will be embarrassing and nauseous fanfare for that Chinese donation.
That is the true definition of mediocrity fellow compatriots!
How can a wealthy nation like Zimbabwe, once the second modern economy in Africa be reduced to such a laughing stock and basket case?
All because of the looting of public funds!!! #DemLoot.
Zimbabwe said it has purchased another 600 000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from China which are expected in the country not earlier that the first week of March.
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What a waste of money sending a big expensive airliner jet to China just to pick up 200k of vaccines, when in 2 weeks time another 600k will be available for collection from the same place. Did Grace who lives in Singapore pay for the jet fuel? Did AiirZim drop of some zadza and chamulia for her, and leave one vial of vaccine for her??
If Zim population is currently 14M and if the Gvt intends to inoculate 60% and the Govt has procured 600,000 packs on top of the 200,000 donated by China, it follows that:
1. China has donated 2% of the intended vaccination polpulace.
2. GoZ has procured 7% of the intended vaciation
3. The current total vaccination confirmed is now 9 to 10% of the total requirement.
Yes, my brother Hope, you are 100% correct. We are in a hopeless situation with this lot. Much ado about nothing.
No my brother Hope, you could do better by less sensationalising issues! 200k is but 14.28% and not 1.25% as you want people to believe! Factual reporting will surely get you far, that fictitious recreations!
we are not in a hopeless situation – we are actually f….d!
The quote “once the second modern economy in Africa” is descriptive enough to convince even a dullard from Mars of our current situation.