By Jane Mlambo| Vice President Constantino Chiwenga will be among the first people to be vaccinated for COVID-19 together with frontline workers at Wilkins hospital today.

Government announced that health workers at the City of Harare run Wilkins hospital will be vaccinated today before the rollout is extended to other centres across the country.

According to information coming from Wilkins, Chiwenga will be among the first people to be vaccinated.

The vaccination of Chiwenga is expected to boost the confidence of citizens who were skeptical of the vaccine amid conflicting information on the Chinese produced jabs.

The powerful vice President who is also the minister of health and child care has since arrived at Wilkins hospital to officiate the function.

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and his health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize were publicly vaccinated yesterday at an event covered by their local media.

It is not clear when President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be vaccinated.