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Bahrain authorises Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

  • Bahrain already uses the Pfizer/BioNTech, vaccine, one manufactured by Chinese state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, and the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Published February 10, 2021 Updated February 10, 2021 06:03pm
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DUBAI: Bahrain has authorised Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, Bahrain TV's twitter account said on Wednesday.

Bahrain already uses the Pfizer/BioNTech, vaccine, one manufactured by Chinese state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, and the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.