This Tuesday, Argentina began to vaccinate its citizens against the COVID-19 using Sputnik V. Last week, 300,000 doses of the Russian vaccine were delivered in the country.

Latin America’s third-largest economy registered nearly 1.6 million cases of the disease and 42,868 deaths since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, in March.

Health workers will be the first to be vaccinated, followed by members of the policy, teachers, the elderly and other high-risk groups.