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Only about 400 Armenians have been vaccinated against COVID-19 since their government launched its first major inoculation program a week ago, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday.
The program covers only frontline workers, seniors and people suffering from chronic illnesses. Those of them who are aged 55 and older are eligible for the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca’s vaccine.
The Armenian government received late last month 24,000 doses of the jab from the UN-backed COVAX Facility. It went on to import 15,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine on April 8.
The Russian vaccine is offered to younger people deemed most at risk from the coronavirus. State-run policlinics across the country of about 3 million began administering it on Sunday.
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