Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is the latest world leader to take his first dose of Russia’s Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine, once maligned by the Western media, is gaining popularity in Europe too.
A masked Maduro took his jab in a video shared by TeleSUR on Saturday, with the network saying that Maduro received his shot after healthcare workers in the beleaguered Latin American country.
#ÚltimoMinuto El presidente de Venezuela @NicolasMaduro se colocó la primera dosis de la vacuna #SputnikV como parte del plan de vacunación del país.La inoculación se produce tras haber inmunizado al personal de salud y de primera línea de combate al #COVID19 en Venezuela pic.twitter.com/2IGfkvMyrL
— teleSUR TV (@teleSURtv) March 6, 2021
With Venezuela’s fight against Covid-19 hampered by US sanctions, a shipment of 100,000 doses of Sputnik-V arrived in Caracas from Moscow last month, to be immediately given to medical and healthcare workers. (RT)
