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Armenia reaches agreement with Russia to buy one million doses of Sputnik V

TASS, Russia
The country has already begun inoculating people with Russia’s Sputnik V after 15,000 doses of the jab recently arrived in the country
© The Republic of Armenia Ministry of Health/TASS

YEREVAN, April 14. /TASS/. Yerevan will purchase one million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine after Armenia and Russia have reached a relevant agreement on the high level, Armenian Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan told the national parliament Wednesday.

"I would like to underline that there is a high-level agreement to buy one million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia. Keeping other agreements in mind, we believe it is possible to vaccinate up to 20% of the population before the end of the year," she stressed.

Earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with a Rossiya-1 journalist that Yerevan needs approximately one million doses of this shot.

Meanwhile, the country continues to face challenges linked to the COVID-19 spread. Several hundred cases are reported every day, while daily cases often reach 1,000. According to the latest data, Armenia has identified 205,128 coronavirus cases (approximately 7% of the population), while 3,794 people have died from the coronavirus-related complications. Pashinyan called on Armenians in mid-March to be stricter with epidemiological measures.

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