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Bolivia guarantees full vaccination scheme with Sputnik V

La Paz, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) The director of the Bolivian Ministry of Health, Max Enriquez, informed on Thursday that with the next arrival of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines against Covid-19, the country will guarantee the complete immunization scheme to the people.

The leader of the Expanded Program of Immunization said that as soon as the batch arrives, distribution will begin immediately throughout the country to be administered to people who were in uncertainty of not being able to receive their second dose.

According to the official, 522,500 second doses of Sputnik V will arrive from Russia on October 12 and 13.

Enriquez emphasized that up to now there is a national vaccination coverage of 61 percent with first doses and 48 percent with second doses, and called on the population to go to the immunization centers.

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