An African country has also bet on the purchase of the Russian vaccine

Algeria has signed a contract to purchase a batch of Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, the Algerian government spokesman announced today. Ammar Belhimer.

“The Algerian Minister of Health (Abderrahmane Benbouzid) confirmed that a contract had been signed … for the acquisition of the vaccine against the coronavirus with a Russian laboratory”, declared Belhimer, summarizing the results of a government meeting .

The spokesperson said that the Algerian Pasteur Institute “has conducted a series of negotiations with the Russian company that manufactures the Sputnik V vaccine. continue to negotiate with other parties“.

On December 20, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune instructed the government to decide which of the anticavid vaccines available on the market would be used in the country, to start already vaccinating the population. in January 2021.

Minister Benbouzid assured this month that vaccination will be free for all Algerians.

According to data from the Ministry of Health, the total number of positive covid-19 in Algeria exceeds 99,000, including 2751 fatal cases and some 67,000 recoveries.