Palestine approves Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine ahead of others in Middle East

The State of Palestine

The State of Palestine has become the first Middle Eastern country to approve Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for coronavirus, one day after Algeria became the first African country to do the same.

The registration of Sputnik V was carried out under emergency-use authorization without additional clinical trials in Palestine, said the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which finances the development of the vaccine.

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