“After several months of serious and responsible work with our Russian brothers, today we signed an agreement to purchase the first 10 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine.

I thank President Putin for this important step in starting mass vaccinations in Venezuela, ”Maduro wrote on his Twitter.

Earlier, Venezuelan Vice President Delsi Rodriguez announced the signing of a contract for the supply of the Sputnik V vaccine.

It was also reported that vaccination against coronavirus with the Russian drug "Sputnik V" began in Argentina.