WHO, EU launch vaccine rollout program in 6 ex-Soviet states

FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, June 14, 2020, people, wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, sign to support potential presidential candidates in Minsk, Belarus. The World Health Organization and the European Union announced Thursday Feb. 11, 2021, the launch of a 40-million euro (dollars 48.5 million) program to help deploy COVID-19 vaccines in six former Soviet republics including Belarus. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, June 28, 2020, Ukrainian activists, some of them wearing face masks in Belarus' national colors to protect against coronavirus, wave Ukrainian and Belarusian flags during a rally in Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. The World Health Organization and the European Union announced Thursday Feb. 11, 2021, the launch of a 40-million euro (dollars 48.5 million) program to help deploy COVID-19 vaccines in six former Soviet republics including Ukraine and Belarus. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)