The first 100,000 doses of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V, out of a total of ten million ordered, will arrive in Venezuela next week, President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday.
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"We will begin to vaccinate medical personnel, all health personnel in the country, then the most vulnerable people, then teachers,"
the Head of State said in a televised address.
This first contingent represents 1% of the total order placed during the visit of a Russian delegation in November.
With a population of thirty million, Venezuela has 130,596 confirmed cases and 1,240 deaths, according to official statistics, which international NGOs such as Human Rights Watch find lacking credibility.
