Putin orders 'large-scale' vaccinations to start next week
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- AFP
- Published Date: 05:22 | 02 December 2020
- Modified Date: 05:22 | 02 December 2020
President Vladimir Putin told health officials Wednesday 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 organise the work so that by the end of next week we will have started this large-scale vaccination," Putin said. The president noted that teachers and medics will be the first to receive the jab.
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