Venezuela will receive 100,000 Sputnik-V vaccines in the coming days - MPPRE

Venezuela will receive 100,000 Sputnik-V vaccines in the coming days

The president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, reported on Tuesday afternoon that the nation will receive 100,000 Sputnik-V vaccines next week.

“Next week, thousands of Sputnik-V vaccines are arriving in Venezuela. They announce the first arrival of the 100,000 Sputnik V vaccines”, he stated during a working day with the Socialist Mission Bases.

The Head of State stressed that the first line to be vaccinated will be medical and health personnel, followed by teachers, vulnerable sectors of the nation and the We Are Venezuela Movement; so that they can once again visit the population affected by the economic war.

“In Venezuela, only the Sputnik-V vaccine from Russia is scientifically approved and proven. In the world, everyone is beginning to accept that Sputnik-V is the best and safest vaccine”, said President Maduro during the conference Balance of the Presidential Commission for the Control and Prevention of COVID-19, last Sunday.

He recalled that in August 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin registered the world’s first vaccine against the coronavirus: Sputnik-V, and since then, his Government had contacts with Russian scientists and knew about the progress of clinical trials.

The Dignitary stated that the Sputnik-V vaccine is safe and guarantees a high level of immunization of 92%.