First batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine arrives in Nicaragua
First batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine arrives in Nicaragua
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Nicaragua has received the first batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus.

Nicaragua's vice president said that the first batch of the vaccine against the coronavirus has arrived in Nicaragua. Rosario Murillo Zambrana on Wednesday said, "Yesterday at night, we gratefully received the first batch of the Sputnik V vaccine, which was delivered for free." 

Earlier this month, the Nicaraguan Health Ministry authorized the use of the Russian vaccine against COVID-19. Sputnik V, developed by the Gamaleya Epidemiology and Microbiology Center, was the world's first vaccine against corona and was registered by the Russian Health Ministry on August 11.

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