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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. Otherwise, the 75-year-old said she would have had to hire a car to take her 10 kilometers (6 miles) to the town of Lakhdenpokhya, because the bus no longer runs there. And besides, I called the clinic in Lakhdenpokhya, but they told me (all the slots in) February were booked already, Piparinen told The Associated Press. The village of wooden houses carved out of a dense forest of fir trees about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Finnish border and 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of St Petersburg is one of several in the Karelia region where Russia s vaccination campaign has arrived in recent weeks.

Sankt peterburgGalina shilovaHelena subbotinaMaria piparinenDmitry peskovJudy twiggAlexander draganDenis logunovMikhail murashkoGalina matveyevaKarelia deputy healthEuropean commissionVirginia commonwealth universityGamaleya centerAssociated pressEastern european team