Bolivia receives first batch of Russian Sputnik V vaccine

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Bolivia received its first batch of Sputnik V vaccines. With this, it becomes the second country in Latin America to use the Russian-made vaccine in its fight against covid-19, announced the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The shipment, a total of 20,000 doses of vaccines, arrived in the Bolivian city of La Paz on Thursday, the ministry said in a statement.

Airport workers handle a box with a batch of Sputnik V vaccines at El Alto International Airport in La Paz, Bolivia.

(Photo by AIZAR RALDES / AFP) (Photo by AIZAR RALDES / AFP via Getty Images)

On December 30, Russia signed an agreement with Bolivia to provide the South American country with sufficient doses of the Sputnik V vaccine for 2.6 million.

Argentina was the first country in the region to administer the use of Sputnik V vaccines, according to the Russian Fund for Russia's Direct Investment.

Argentina began vaccinating its citizens with Sputnik V in late December, according to its president Alberto Fernández.

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Several Latin American countries have also reached agreements with Russia to import the vaccine.

On Tuesday, Mexico said that the Sputnik V vaccine will be delivered to the country "soon," while Venezuela also signed an agreement with Russia to buy it in late December.

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