As of June 2020, San Marino had the highest death rate per capita of any country, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic."Gruppo coordinamento emergenze sanitarie: aggiornamento dati sull'Infezione COVID-19", Istituto per la Sicurezza Sociale, Repubblica di San Marino, 29 April 2020 (in Italian) In April 2021, it was reported that San Marino was using the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine rather than vaccines approved by the EU, following a slow rollout for the latter vaccines."San Marino, the micronation within Italy, stokes envy with speedy Russian-supplied vaccine campaign", Washington Post, 2 April 2021."Shut Out on Vaccines, Tiny San Marino Turns to Old Friend: Russia", New York Times, 2 April 2021.
As of June 2020, San Marino had the highest death rate per capita of any country, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic."Gruppo coordinamento emergenze sanitarie: aggiornamento dati sull'Infezione COVID-19", Istituto per la Sicurezza Sociale, Repubblica di San Marino, 29 April 2020 (in Italian) In April 2021, it was reported that San Marino was using the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine rather than vaccines approved by the EU, following a, slow rollout for the latter vaccines."San Marino, the micronation within Italy, stokes envy with speedy Russian-supplied vaccine campaign", Washington Post, 2 April 2021."Shut Out on Vaccines, Tiny San Marino Turns to Old Friend: Russia", New York Times, 2 April 2021.