BEIRUT (Sputnik) – The first batch of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V is expected to arrive in Lebanon next week, Chairman of the Lebanese-Russian Business Council Jacques Sarraf told Sputnik on Thursday.
“The first batch of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V will arrive in Lebanon next week,” Sarraf said, adding that the delivery will be conducted under a deal with a private pharmaceutical company, Pharmatrade.
Lebanon will pay $38 per two doses, the chairman said.
Apart from Sputnik V, Lebanon greenlighted the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and China’s Sinopharm for mass use.
To date, the Middle Eastern country has reported some 427,000 COVID-19 cases, including over 5,500 deaths and more than 335,000 recoveries.
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