The Russian Foreign Ministry reported on discussions on the supply of "Sputnik V" with the African Union

This was reported on the website of the Foreign Ministry.

The Foreign Ministry said that “a dialogue on this topic is being conducted with the African Union, which, in addition to purchasing vaccines from third countries, has begun to work out the issue of supplying the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to the continent.

“In this context, on January 12, in the format of a videoconference, expert negotiations were held between representatives of RDIF and the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), created in August 2020 at the initiative of the Chairman of the African Union, President of South Africa S. Ramaphosa.

The African Union plans to provide vaccinations for at least 60% of the continent's population, which is about 780 million people, ”the statement said.

Earlier in the RDIF said that in the next two weeks they expect registration of "Sputnik V" in more than 25 countries.

In October 2020, the head of the laboratory of the state collection of viruses at the V.

Gamalei Inna Dolzhikova, in an interview with URA.RU, spoke about the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19.