North Macedonia began administering Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, Sputnik reports citing the national MIA news agency.
The first batch of the Russian vaccine arrived in the country on Sunday.
Up until then, North Macedonia vaccinated its population with 8,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, which were donated by Serbia in February.
The first in line to receive the Russian vaccine are health care workers.
The government imposed a nationwide nighttime curfew from March 10-22 as the number of COVID-19 transmissions has roughly doubled over the past month. Overall, the Balkan country has registered over 108,000 infections and 3,228 deaths.
