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.
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Guinea began vaccinating against COVID-19 with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine on an experimental basis, starting with government officials, authorities said Thursday.
Guinea has ordered only 55 doses of the Russian vaccine, said Dr. Sakoba Keita, the director-general of the National Health Security Agency.
“We requested a small quantity of the vaccine, 55 doses precisely. This is the beginning of an order,” Keita said. “Yesterday we vaccinated in this pilot phase 25 senior officials of the state. There are 30 doses left and we will continue with the vaccination.”
Guinea is one of the first African nations to vaccinate its officials.
The Minister of Defense, Mohamed Diane was the first to receive the vaccine. He was shown getting the inoculation on national TV followed by other Cabinet ministers receiving the shots on Wednesday.
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Guinea began vaccinating against COVID-19 with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine on an experimental basis, starting with government officials, authorities said Thursday.
Guinea has ordered only 55 doses of the Russian vaccine, said Dr. Sakoba Keita, the director-general of the National Health Security Agency.
“We requested a small quantity of the vaccine, 55 doses precisely. This is the beginning of an order,” Keita said. “Yesterday we vaccinated in this pilot phase 25 senior officials of the state. There are 30 doses left and we will continue with the vaccination.”
However, he said on state TV Wednesday that they also sent a letter to Russia requesting 2 million doses of Sputnik V to help the country’s vulnerable. Guinea has a population of 13 million.
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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.