Russian COVID vaccine could be produced in China, India: Putin
Moscow: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for a joint effort by the Brics countries on the development of Covid-19 vaccines as he suggested that Russia's Sputnik V vaccine could be produced in China and India, which are members of the five-nation bloc.
"We believe it is important to speed up the establishment of the centre for development and research of BRICS vaccines, which we agreed to do two years ago, upon the initiative of our South African friends," Putin said while addressing the 12th BRICS summit via videoconferencing.
The summit, hosted by President Putin, was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Putin said that Russia's Sputnik V vaccine that was registered in August could be produced in China and India, both members of the BRICS, Sputniknews reported.
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