FACTSHEET: Zimbabwe's COVID-19 vaccination target and rollout update - ZimFact
Ngoni Mhuruyengwe
October 19, 2021
How far has Zimbabwe gone towards its COVID-19 vaccination target?
Zimbabwe has since February 2021, been on the drive to vaccinate at least 60 percent of its  population — 10 million people — for a target initially seen as an achievement of herd immunity, that is a number likely to make the spread of Covid-19 comfortably manageable.
For this, the government has approved the use of Five vaccines in the country — Sinovac, Sinopharm, Sputnik V, Covaxin and Johnson and Johnson.
Official statistics show that as of 17 October 2021, over 3,2 million people had received their first dose and 2,4 million had received their second dose.
Below is a table showing the number of people who have so far received vaccination in various provinces.
Source: Ministry of Health and Child Care (Zimbabwe COVID 19 Situation Report)
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