Russia to produce 88 million Covid-19 vaccine doses in first half: deputy PM

With the target of producing 30.5 million doses by the end of the first quarter of this year

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova attends the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia June 24, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

MOSCOW:

Russia will produce 88 million vaccine doses in the first half of this year, including 83 million doses of its Sputnik V shot, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said on state TV on Saturday.

Russia has produced 7.9 million Covid-19 vaccine doses so far, she said. It will produce 30.5 million doses by the end of the first quarter of this year, she added.

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