Senegal began its coronavirus vaccination campaign on Tuesday with 200,000 doses that it purchased from China’s Sinopharm, which it received last week.
The first shots were given to government ministers and health workers at the health ministry in the capital, Dakar.
Health Minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr in a brief speech after receiving the vaccine says they are going to continue so that all the Senegalese who must be vaccinated can be.
Senegal aims to inoculate about 90% of a targeted 3.5 million people, including health workers and high-risk individuals between the ages of 19 and 60, by the end of 2021. The country’s population is about 16 million.