Venezuela inoculates health care workers at start of vaccine rollout 2 minutes read
Caracas, Feb 18 (efe-epa).- Venezuela launched the first stage of its Covid-19 vaccine rollout on Thursday, administering doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine to front-line health care workers.
They were selected as a means of recognizing them for their efforts to combat this potentially fatal respiratory illness, which has killed nearly 1,300 people in the South American country, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said in a televised address.
“We’re very happy,” Rodriguez said after state-run VTV television showed footage of a woman being vaccinated. “We’re paying tribute in this way to all health care personnel … the time has come for us to take care of them.”
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