“We see great interest in the Russian vaccine developed by the Institute. Gamaleys abroad. We have received preliminary applications for the purchase of more than 1 billion doses of vaccine from 20 countries, ”TASS quotes him.
According to him, together with foreign partners, Russia is already ready to ensure the production of over 500 million doses of vaccine per year in 5 countries.
“We are planning to increase production capacity even more,” added Dmitriev.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the registration of the first vaccine against coronavirus in the country.
According to the Ministry of Health, it will go into civil circulation on January 1, 2021.
The official representative of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tarik Yazarevich, commented on the registration of the first Russian vaccine against the coronavirus infection COVID-19.