As noted on the website of the department, the cargo was received by the first deputy head of the Service of Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan Kholmamat Norboyev.
"The samples were transferred to the Uzbek side for testing necessary for registration and launch of industrial production of the vaccine in Uzbekistan," the text says.
On November 28, Uzbekistan asked the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to provide the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine for clinical trials.