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Venezuelan president receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine


Sat 06 Mar 2021 | 10:15 PM
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and first lady received on Saturday the first dose of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.

 

"As I promised to the people, I keep my promise ... My first dose, I got vaccinated," Maduro tweeted, according to Sputnik news agency

 

Last December, Venezuela signed a contract with Russia to purchase 10 million doses of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines.

 

It is worth mentioning that Venezuela has so far registered 141,356 cases of coronavirus and 1,371 deaths.