Prognosis
Argentina Approves Russian Vaccine With Plane Waiting in Moscow
- First nation outside former Soviet Union to approve Sputnik
- Airplane awaiting cargo of shots in Moscow to fly home
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Argentina approved the emergency use of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine to combat the spread of Covid-19, becoming the first nation outside the former Soviet Union to authorize the shot.
The government decision on Wednesday came as an Aerolineas Argentinas plane awaits a cargo of vaccines to be loaded in Moscow before returning to Buenos Aires.