KRASNODAR, RUSSIA - MARCH 20, 2020: An employee processing samples while conducting COVID-19 coronavirus tests at the Microbiology Lab of the Hygienic and Epidemiological Center in the Krasnodar Territory, part of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor). Igor Onuchin/TASS
Ðîññèÿ. Êðàñíîäàð. Ñîòðóäíèöà âî âðåìÿ ïåðâè÷íîé îáðàáîòêè ïðîá áèîëîãè÷åñêîãî ìàòåðèàëà íà êîðîíàâèðóñ COVID-19 â ìèêðîáèîëîãè÷åñêîé ëàáîðàòîðèè èñïûòàòåëüíîãî ëàáîðàòîðíîãî öåíòðà ÔÁÓÇ "Öåíòð ãèãèåíû è ýïèäåìèîëîãèè â Êðàñíîäàðñêîì êðàå". Ó÷ðåæäåíèå âõîäèò â åäèíóþ ôåäåðàëüíóþ öåíòðàëèçîâàííóþ ñèñòåìó îðãàíîâ, îñóùåñòâëÿþùèõ ãîñóäàðñòâåííûé ñàíèòàðíî-ýïèäåìèîëîãè÷åñêèé íàäçîð. Èãîðü Îíó÷èí/ÒÀÑÑ
The delivery is the first in Latin America and will allow Venezuela to participate in clinical trials of the vaccine, Rodriguez said in a televised statement from the country’s main airport.
“This cooperation for the Sputnik-V vaccine was the result of the permanent contact, the meetings, the close cooperation that exists between Venezuela and Russia,” Rodriguez said.
She did not say how many vaccines arrived. Health Minister Carlos Alvarado said 2,000 people will participate in a trial that begins this month in the capital of Caracas.
President Nicolas Maduro in September proposed administering Russian coronavirus vaccines to nearly 15,000 candidates in upcoming legislative elections so that they can campaign safely.
Venezuela has strengthened diplomatic ties with Russia amid an aggressive sanctions program by the United States meant to force Maduro from office.
Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has revealed that the government has saved about $300 million through renegotiations with...