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Russia starts mass coronavirus vaccination in Moscow with its Sputnik V shot
Moscow has begun distributing a Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine, marking Russia’s first mass immunisation effort against the disease.
Key points:
- Doctors, medical workers, teachers and social workers will be the first to get vaccinated
- Final trials for the vaccine have not been completed
- At more than 2.4 million, Russia has the fourth-highest total number of coronavirus cases in the world
The city’s coronavirus task force said the Sputnik V COVID-19 shot would first be made available via 70 clinics to doctors and other medical workers, teachers and social workers because they ran the highest risk of exposure to the disease.
“You are working at an educational institution and have top-priority for the COVID-19 vaccine, free of charge,” read a…
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