By James Gwati- Another government official has shockingly and publicly discredited the Chinese made Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, a development that could cause diplomatic tensions between Harare and Beijing.

Nick Mangwana the government spokesperson is the second top civil servant who on Saturday said he endured discomforts after he received his dose of the Chinese vaccine.

Mangwana on his Twitter account Saturday said after taking the vaccine on Friday he felt dizzy and went to sleep.

His post suggested that the Chinese jab was not safe and confirmed the scepticism which Zimbabweans have on taking the vaccine.

“About 6 hours after getting my second #ZimVaccinationdose, I felt woozy. I had to go to bed early. Maybe it was related to the vaccine, maybe it was not. This morning, I woke up feeling fresh and was able to follow my exercise repertoire without any after-effects”, he posted on his Twitter account this morning.

Recently the Defence Minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri said the Chinese vaccine was not safe to the extent of her declaring that she was not going to have it administered on her.

Muchinguri was reprimanded by Mnangagwa over her utterances which embarrassed the regime.