Putin says India, China may start producing Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

17 November 2020 - 14:22
By Reuters
A nurse prepares Russia's
Image: REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo A nurse prepares Russia's "Sputnik-V" vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for inoculation at a clinic in Tver.

India and China may start producing Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, the RIA news agency cited President Vladimir Putin as saying on Tuesday.

Putin also proposed that the creation of a vaccine research centre for BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - be sped up, TASS reported.