Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday the country began vaccination with a Russian drug against the coronavirus Sputnik V
“This Thursday, February 18, is a historic day because today began the vaccination of all health workers in the country with Sputnik V, the safest vaccine in the world”, – Maduro said.
The first batch of the Russian vaccine against Sputnik V coronavirus arrived in Venezuela on February 13. Glendy Rivero, a doctor in Los Teques, Miranda state, was the first in the country to be vaccinated.