“We can officially declare that this batch is already in mass circulation,” the minister said.

After a meeting with Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 26 March Dmitry Pinevich announced that he was going to be the first to get a jab of the vaccine that would get off the Belarusian conveyor belt. “I could have been vaccinated even now, I have antibodies. However, I promised that the first vaccine that will get off the Belmedpreparaty conveyor belt and pass quality controls, maybe even the one that is with me now [Dmitry Pinevich brought samples of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to the meeting with the head of state] will go to me,” the minister said.

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