Daria Litvinova
A coronavirus patient reads a book in an infectious diseases department in a hospital in Sortavala, Karelian Region, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Russia's rollout of its coronavirus vaccine is only now picking up speed in some of its more remote regions, although experts say the campaign is still moving slowly. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
February 22, 2021 - 1:33 AM
IKHALA, Russia - Maria Piparinen and other elderly residents of Ikhala were relieved when they heard that doctors were finally bringing a few doses of the coronavirus vaccine to their remote, snowy village in the Russian region of Karelia, near the border with Finland.