UPDATE - Venezuela To Start COVID-19 Vaccination With China's Sinopharm Drug On Monday - Maduro

BUENOS AIRES (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 06th March, 2021) Venezuela with launch the massive vaccination with China's Sinopharm drug on March 8, President Nicolas Maduro said.

On Monday, Venezuela authorized the emergency use of the Sinopharm vaccine, which became the second one allowed in the Latin American nation following Russia's Sputnik V.

"On Monday, the vaccination with the Chinese drug will start, so we will use two vaccines: Sputnik V and the Chinese one," Maduro said on late Friday.

The first doses of Sputnik V arrived in Venezuela in mid-February, which allowed the country to start the massive vaccination campaign.

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. To date, more than 116.02 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 2.57 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Venezuela has confirmed more than 140,000 million COVID-19 cases so far, with over 1,300 fatalities.