Sputnik V
Vaccination with Russia’s Sputnik V to start in Argentina from Tuesday: Authorities
Buenos Aires/Sputnik: The delivery of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine doses to Argentina is expected to be completed by Monday and vaccination will start on Dec 29, the press service of Argentina’s president informed in a statement.
"President Alberto Fernandez held a meeting with governors informing them that on Monday, Sputnik V vaccine doses will arrive in every province; the participants agreed that on Tuesday morning the vaccination process will begin across the country," the statement says.
The Sputnik V was the first COVID-19 vaccine registered in Russia.
Russia's Sputnik V is claimed to be 92 per cent effective, based on data from the first 16,000 trial participants that have received both shots of the two-dose vaccine.
Argentina received 300,000 doses of Sputnik V on Thursday.
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