Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday expressed his gratitude to China for its donation of COVID-19 vaccine, saying that the aid will be a great help to the country's vaccination plan.

Mnangagwa made the remarks at the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front Politburo meeting in the country's capital Harare.

The president said China has continuously provided a great quantity of supplies to fight COVID-19 since the pandemic started, and it showed the two countries comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership and profound friendship.

The first batch of China's COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Harare on Monday morning. The 200,000 doses of the vaccine were developed by the China National Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., also known as Sinopharm.