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Peruvian VIPs Secretly Received First Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

HeadlineFeb 19, 2021

In Peru, revelations that politicians secretly received China’s Sinopharm vaccine as early as last September — before it was even approved — have rocked the country. Then-President Martín Vizcarra was one of just hundreds who were reportedly given the shot as the country’s death toll surged.

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