Guinea starts coronavirus vaccinations with Russia’s Sputnik V
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Guinea said it had begun administering coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday using a small number of doses of Russia’s Sputnik V, a formula that has stirred controversy.
The National Agency for Health Safety (ANSS) said it had obtained 60 doses of the vaccine, which would be administered to middle-aged volunteers on a trial basis.
Defence Minister Mohamed Diane, a scientist by training, was the first to receive the vaccine, it said.
After the pilot phase, the country will then assess whether to extend the vaccinations or not, the agency’s communications officer, Sory II Keira, said.
Guinea Receives 60 Doses of Sputnik V in Pilot Test, Defense Minister Inoculated - Reports Wed 30th December 2020 | 11:00 PM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 30th December, 2020) The West African nation of Guinea received a batch of 60 Sputnik V vaccines against the coronavirus on an experimental basis, media reported Wednesday.
The country s National Health Security Agency (ANSS) said that it began a pilot phase of testing of the vaccine Wednesday, according to the Africa Guinee news outlet. In agreement with the Russian authorities who have already started vaccinations at home, the Guinean government has succeeded in obtaining 60 doses for Guinea, on an experimental basis, the outlet quoted a spokesman at the ANSS as saying.
Guinea starts coronavirus vaccinations with Russia s Sputnik V Thu 31st December 2020 | 12:00 AM
Conakry, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Dec, 2020 ) :The West African state of Guinea said it had begun administering coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday using a small number of doses of Russia s Sputnik V, a formula that has stirred controversy.
The National Agency for Health Safety (ANSS) said it had obtained 60 doses of the vaccine, which would be administered to middle-aged volunteers on a trial basis.
Defence Minister Mohamed Diane, a scientist by training, was the first to receive the vaccine, it said.
After the pilot phase, the country will then assess whether to extend the vaccinations or not, the agency s communications officer, Sory II Keira, said.