Covid-19: Bahrain authorises Sputnik V as fourth vaccine

Moscow - The Gulf country already uses the Pfizer/BioNTech, Sinopharm, and Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines.

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Published: Wed 10 Feb 2021, 6:27 PM

Bahrain has authorised Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, the kingdom's state news agency said on Wednesday.

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This will be the fourth vaccine it plans to roll out as part of its national vaccination programme. The Gulf country already uses the Pfizer/BioNTech, Sinopharm, and Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines.

Bahrain on Tuesday registered 759 new daily infections, slightly above a record hit in September.

Effective Thursday, February 11, it will ban prayers at mosques for two weeks, it had announced earlier.

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Published: Wed 10 Feb 2021, 6:27 PM

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