{"id":133144,"date":"2021-07-14T12:29:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T16:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=133144"},"modified":"2021-07-14T12:29:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T16:29:10","slug":"russia-vaccine-approved-for-use-in-antigua-chinas-sinopharm-vaccine-comes-into-use-locally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/russia-vaccine-approved-for-use-in-antigua-chinas-sinopharm-vaccine-comes-into-use-locally\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia vaccine approved for use in Antigua, China\u2019s Sinopharm Vaccine comes into use locally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1665166193\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>Government will begin administering China\u2019s Sinopharm Vaccine to the public next Monday<\/b><\/p><div id=\"antig-3160642944\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, 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