Some 300,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Argentina on Thursday morning, following its approval by the government for emergency use, according to Reuters.
On a special flight of carrier Aerolineas Argentinas from Moscow, the vaccine arrived at Ezeiza international airport, in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, according to Reuters witnesses and images shown on local television.
Argentine officials said they expect to start administering the vaccine in the days ahead. So far 42,314 people in the country have died of Covid-19, according to official data.
On Wednesday Argentina became the third country to approve the Sputnik V vaccine, after Russia and Belarus. Argentina has also approved Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine.
