Buenos Aires:  Coronavirus is wreaking havoc in Argentina. The country to start vaccination drive on Tuesday, using Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. Health workers will be first in line to receive the first shot of the two-component vaccine. Argentina has extended mandatory social distancing until January 31.

The vaccine will be administered across all 23 provinces and in the capital Buenos Aires. Some 300,000 doses of the vaccine arrived in the Latin American country last Thursday, a day after it authorized the emergency use of Sputnik V. Under the contract, Russia will deliver ten million doses.

Argentina confirmed 5,030 new cases of infection and 149 deaths on Monday, bringing the totals to, respectively, 1,583,297 cases and 42,650 deaths. According to the ministry, there are 132,965 active cases in the country and 3,319 people are currently hospitalised in intensive care units. According to the Johns Hopkins University, The overall number of global coronavirus cases has crossed 81.2 million marks, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.77 million. The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 19,299,960 and 334,830, respectively. 

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