Russia confirms Sputnik V could be produced in Argentina – News

“Manufacturing for Russia will be 4 million doses for 2 million people in December. In January and February, we will produce tens of millions of doses of the vaccine to be delivered in February to India, Brazil, China, Korea and Argentina, countries with which we already have agreements for 500 million doses.“Said Dmitriev when presenting the formula to the UN.

The meeting was also attended by Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko and scientists from the Gamaleya Research Center, the center that developed the vaccine.

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At the meeting, which was broadcast virtually, they confirmed that the vaccine, which was registered in Russia last August, was over 95% effective and priced for the two necessary doses of around $ 20.

They added that the vaccine can be stored at a temperature between 2 and 8 degrees, which facilitates the logistics of its distribution.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered this Wednesday that, as early as next week, the vaccination against the coronavirus in his country begins.

The order was released shortly after the UK cleared the application of the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech from next week.

In Russia, the vaccination campaign would start with doctors and teachers.

Dmitriev confirmed that Sputnik V is effective 7 days after the second dose and 28 days after the first, but the percentage of 91.4% could rise to 95% after 42 days.

He also noted that the Russian vaccine is based on an adenovirus, the same one used since 1953 to fight Ebola, and assured that more than 40 countries, which “represent 40 percent of the world’s population, have expressed interest. “for Sputnik V, of which 1,200 million doses have already been produced.