Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine raises hopes in Moscow
By DW
07 March 2021 |
12:09 pm
Russia is offering its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine for free to citizens. In Moscow, where infection rates are high, widespread vaccination is seen as the way out of pandemic restrictions. Muscovites can even get the jab on a shopping trip.
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