The production of Spoutnik V, a vaccine against the coronavirus designed by the scientific center for epidemiology and microbiology Gamaleïa in Moscow, began, announced, this Saturday, August 15, 2020, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Health, reports the Sputnik media.
Designed by the scientific center for epidemiology and microbiology Gamaleïa in Moscow and the Russian direct investment fund (RFPI), the Russian vaccine has already “received requests from one billion doses” from more than 20 countries, said the director of RFPI, Kirill Dmitriev.
He added that Russia agreed on the production of the vaccine in five countries whose factories can make 500 million doses per year.
On Tuesday, Russian president Vladimir Putin said Russia was by developing the first coronavirus vaccine. An announcement that made the effect of a bomb.
