Russia announces upcoming vaccination with Sputnik V in Bolivia and Venezuela

The executive director of the Russian Investment Fund said that the compound is “a vaccine for all humanity.”

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) reported Tuesday that at least 12 countries, including Bolivia and Venezuela, are starting an immunization campaign this week with the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine.

In a statement jointly signed with the Gamaleya National Research Center in Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Ministry of Health, the institution stated that during the first week of February, the mass vaccination campaign with Sputnik V will begin in a group of countries. which includes Bolivia, Paraguay and Venezuela.

The nations that complete the list, up to a dozen, are Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Palestine, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Hungary, Armenia, Algeria, the Republika Srpska (part of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Iran.

Kirill Dmitriev, RDIF CEO: “The data published by The Lancet validates that #SputnikV is one of only three COVID-19 vaccines in the world with the proven efficacy > 90%.
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— Sputnik V (@sputnikvaccine) February 2, 2021