“We have been negotiating with them (the Russian authorities - RT ) for some time, and yesterday (August 19 -  RT ) Mexico was asked to receive at least 2 thousand doses of the vaccine in order to start testing it here, which can be considered very good news ", - quoted him by El Universal.

Ebrard added that protocols for the third phase of vaccine trials from China, the US and France with the UK have already been transferred to Mexico.

Vaccine research in Mexico is expected to begin in September.

Earlier, Ebrard said that Mexico is interested in receiving a Russian vaccine against COVID-19.

On August 17, Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin the purchase of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine.