The first batch of the Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine was delivered to Azerbaijan on Sunday.

The plane carrying 40,000 doses of the jab touched down at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport.

A ceremony to welcome the plane was attended by Azerbaijan`s deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov, deputy Health Minister Viktor Gasımov, Russian Ambassador in Baku Mikhail Bocharnikov and other officials.