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World Service,8 mins

Seychelles president gets Covid-19 vaccine live on TV

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The president of the Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, has received the Covid-19 vaccine live on television. He was given the Chinese made vaccine Sinopharm, after the country was given 50,000 doses by Abu Dhabi’s crown prince. Speaking about how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the country’s vital tourism sector, President Ramkalawan tells Tim Ecott, “the whole world for Seychelles turned upside down but I’m the eternal optimist”. (Photo: Seychelles president Wavel Ramkalawan receives the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine; Credit: RASSIN VANNIER/AFP via Getty Images)

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