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Morocco, Kenya approve Russian coronavirus vaccine for use - RDIF

11 March 2021 - 12:51 By Maria Kiselyova, Polina Nikolskaya and Gleb Stolyarov
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Kenya and Morocco have approved the use of Russia's Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine.
Kenya and Morocco have approved the use of Russia's Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine.
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Morocco and Kenya have approved Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for use against the new coronavirus, Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday.

The fund, which is promoting the vaccine globally, said that 48 countries had now approved Sputnik V for use.

 

Reuters

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