"To date, more than 1.6 million doses of vaccine have been released into civilian circulation, in the near future the release and volumes of supplies to the regions will increase significantly," TASS quotes him.
At the same time, he added that more than 600 thousand doses were delivered to the regions this week, and another 2 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine are expected to be delivered by the end of January.
Earlier, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev said that from February tens of millions of doses of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine will be produced in Russia.