Bolivia to get about 1 million corona vaccine shots in February
Bolivia to get about 1 million corona vaccine shots in February
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Many nations have started a vaccination drive against corona. Bolivia expects to get almost nearly one million doses of vaccines next month.
 Bolivian President Luis Arce took to Twitter and wrote, "We announce to the Bolivian people that in February almost one million doses of vaccines will arrive in #Bolivia to combat covid19. The steps we have carried out in less than three months place us among the four countries benefiting from the COVAX mechanism promoted by #WHO [World Health Organization]."

Earlier, late December, Bolivia signed a deal with Russia to secure 5.2 million doses of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine developed by corona. Bolivia authorized Sputnik V for emergency use on January 6. Bolivia on Friday began its immunization campaign with the Sputnik V vaccine. Earlier this month, Bolivia signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and its partner Serum Institute of India to import five million corona vaccine doses.

Talking about the global Coronavirus cases, the deadly virus  rise unabated across the globe, with nearly 102.6 million infected by the deadly contagion. While 74,299,138 have recovered, 2,214,227 have died so far. The US remains the worst-hit country with 26,500,252, followed by India, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom. 

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