Argentina launches Covid-19 vaccines with controversial Sputnik V
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Buenos Aires (AFP)
Argentina on Tuesday launched a Covid-19 vaccination campaign with the controversial Sputnik V shots developed by Russia, the government said.
It is the first country in the Americas to use this vaccine against the pandemic.
The vaccination drive began simultaneously around the country with frontline healthcare workers given priority, Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia said.
She spoke at Posadas Hospital in Buenos Aires, where a doctor named Flavia Loiacono became the first in the country to get a Covid shot. The idea is to start vaccinating those with the greatest risk exposure, said Gonzalez Garcia.