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Caracas, May 3 (EFE).- A new shipment of 50,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrived in Venezuela on Monday, bringing the total number of doses received from that source to 430,000.
The South American country, home to around 28 million people, also had previously announced the arrival of shipments of the Chinese-developed Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine totaling 500,000 doses.
Health Minister Carlos Alvarado, however, confirmed Monday morning upon receiving the new shipment at the Maiquetia international airport serving Caracas that to date a total of 1.48 million vaccine doses have arrived in Venezuela, an amount he said was sufficient to inoculate just over 800,000 people currently in the immunization process.
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Venezuela Politicizes Access to Vaccines Via State Loyalty Card
Nicolle Yapur and Alex Vasquez, Bloomberg News People wait to receive a dose of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday, April 9, 2021. Last week Venezuela received 50,000 doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine, as part of a bilateral agreement between Caracas and Moscow. , Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) Venezuela is restricting Covid-19 shots to people with a state loyalty card, effectively excluding many government opponents from getting vaccinated.
When the country began inoculating its elderly population last week, it said it was selecting recipients from a registry used by the Nicolas Maduro administration to keep tabs on voter loyalty and grant state subsidies.
Venezuela Politicizes Vaccine Access Via State Loyalty Card Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Nicolle Yapur and Alex Vasquez
(Bloomberg) Venezuela is restricting Covid-19 shots to people with a state loyalty card, effectively excluding many government opponents from getting vaccinated.
When the country began inoculating its elderly population last week, it said it was selecting recipients from a registry used by the Nicolas Maduro administration to keep tabs on voter loyalty and grant state subsidies.
While all Venezuelans have a national ID card, they haven’t all registered for the state loyalty card known as the Carnet de la Patria, which is disproportionately held by people who depend on state aid and who are more likely to be loyal to the Maduro government.