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Wednesday, December 2, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Putin orders ‘large-scale’ virus vaccinations to start next week
Russian President Vladimir Putin tells health officials to start widespread vaccinations next week, adding that Russia has produced close to 2 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine.
“I would ask you to organize the work so that by the end of next week we will have started this large-scale vaccination,” Putin says. The president notes that teachers and medics will be the first to receive the jab.
— AFP
A Russian medical worker administers a shot of Russia’s experimental Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Russia, September 15, 2020. (Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/AP)
