Venezuela Open to Private Vaccine Makers as Inoculations Start

Purchasing vaccines through the private sector is “not a bad idea in the midst of our battle against sanctions,” Maduro said in a news conference Wednesday, saying medical and security personnel as well as “street facing” politicians would be among the first to be inoculated. About 100,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik-V vaccine arrived in Caracas on Saturday, as part of a deal for 10 million doses set to arrive within the first months of the year for which the country paid $200 million, Maduro said Wednesday. By Alex Vasquez and Patricia Laya, Full Text -> BNNBloomberg

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