Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many covid-19 vaccination doses the Government has made available to Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe has achieved one of the highest rates of COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Africa which is to be welcomed. As at 19th October a cumulative 3,234,589 million people and 2,493,995 million people have been vaccinated with their first dose and second dose respectively. Zimbabwe has been confirmed as a participant of the COVAX facility, of which the UK is a major donor. Through COVAX, Zimbabwe has so far received 943,200 doses of Sinopharm. The UK has committed £548m to COVAX's Advance Market Commitment to help procure doses for up to 92 lower-income economies, of which Zimbabwe is one.