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 Edwin Ashimwe
Edwin Ashimwe
Health workers vaccinating people working in the manufacturing sector against Covid-19 in the Special Economic Zone on Saturday, March 13. A year since the first case was first reported in Rwanda, there is a ray of hope after the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines arrived in the country earlier this month. The government targets to have immunised at least 30 per cent of the population by the end of 2021.
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An assylum seeker from Libya receives the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at  Gashora Emergency Transit Mechanism Center in Bugesera on Wednesday, March 10. / Photo: Craish Bahizi.
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Ground cargo handlers and other officials loading the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccines in a specialized truck at Kigali International Airport on Wednesday, March 3. The vaccines arrived in two batches, all totaling 342,960 doses. /  Photo: Olivier Mugwiza.
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Over 1.2 million farmers have registered on the platform, with over 1,000 retail agro-dealers as well as 30 fertilizer and seed (agri-SMEs) companies. / Photo: Courtesy.
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