Another shipment of 20,000 doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has been delivered to Mongolia, TASS reported citing the Montsame News Agency.
The shipment was received on Tuesday, the report says, adding that the doses in question are the second component of the vaccine. It is currently being distributed between vaccination centers.
The report noted that Mongolian authorities authorized the administration of Sputnik V without age restrictions starting Thursday. Previously, Mongolia provided the second vaccine component only to seniors.
In the past 24 hours, 1,439 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the republic, with 4 people dying. The total case count has exceeded 143,000, with a total of 707 deaths.
