Ethiopia to receive 300,000 Sinopharm doses on March 30

Ethiopia expects to received a consignment of 300,000 doses of the China-backed Sinopharm vaccines on March 30, according to Health Minister Lia Tadesse.

"It is a government-to-government donation,” she said by text message. The Sinopharm vaccine can be transported and stored at normal refrigerated temperatures, making it a candidate for the developing world.