“A decision was made to start vaccination against coronavirus from January 18,” TASS quoted him as saying.

According to the representative of the Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan, Teymur Musayev, the CoronaVac vaccine of the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech will be used for vaccination.

"The 4 million doses of vaccine ordered by Azerbaijan will be delivered to Turkey, where they will be tested for compliance with standards in laboratories, will be packaged and delivered to Azerbaijan in several batches," he said.

According to the aide to the President of Azerbaijan, the first batch of vaccine has already been delivered to the country.

As part of the first stage, health workers will be vaccinated, and from February 1, they will begin to vaccinate people over 65 years old.

Earlier, a special quarantine regime was extended in Azerbaijan until April 1.