Russia provides Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V to Laos; total cases now at 44

A medical worker holds a vial with Russia's Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine against the coronavirus disease at a vaccination point at the GUM department store in Moscow. - AFP

VIENTIANE, Jan. 25 (Vientiane Times/ANN): The Russian government has given the Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V to Laos, according to the Russian Embassy in Vientiane.

The vaccines were presented by Russian Ambassador Vladimir A. Kalinin to Deputy Minister of Health Associate Prof. Dr Phouthone Muongpak.