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Belarus to start vaccinating citizens with Russia's Sputnik V in January - Belta

FILE PHOTO: A view shows boxes containing vials with Gam-COVID-Vac, also known as Sputnik-V, vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a production facility of BIOCAD biotechnology company in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov

Belarus plans to begin vaccinating its citizens with Russia's Sputnik V vaccine in January, the Belta news agency reported on Monday.

"We will begin the vaccine campaign in January," Belarusian Health Minister Dmitry Pinevich was quoted as saying.

(Reporting by Anton Kolodyazhnyy; writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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