Azerbaijan to begin vaccinations next week, to use Chinese shot: govt

FILE PHOTO: Azeri servicemen and law enforcement officers patrol the territory as authorities tightened up measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Baku, Azerbaijan April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov

Azerbaijan will begin vaccinating its population against COVID-19 next week using a vaccine developed by China, government spokesman Ibrahim Mammadov said.

He did not disclose which Chinese vaccine would be used but said it would be the same one as Turkey had acquired. Turkey is using shots developed by China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd.

(Reporting by Nailia Bagirova; Writing by Polina Ivanova; Editing by Jon Boyle)