“Already today, healthcare institutions receive batches of Sputnik V vaccines for vaccination of Belarusian health workers - those who are at risk,” the ministry's Telegram channel said.

First of all, 2285 medical workers of Minsk will be vaccinated, 3460 - from the Brest region, 3260 - from Vitebsk, 4365 - from Gomel, 1735 - from Grodno, 1610 - from Mogilev, 2485 - from Minsk region and about 800 doses will be sent to doctors of republican institutions.

At the end of December, the first batch of Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Belarus.

Belarus became the first foreign country to register the Russian Sputnik V vaccine.