Argentina Formally Starts Producing Russia’s Sputnik Vaccine
- Putin and Fernandez announced production to begin in Argentina
- Argentina bet early on Russian vaccine despite public doubts
Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine
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Argentina and Russia’s president formally announced Friday that a pharmaceutical company in the South American nation will start producing the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine.
Presidents Vladimir Putin and Alberto Fernandez spoke in a webcast event to kick off the vaccine’s production at Laboratorios Richmond S.A. in Buenos Aires. Ties between the two nations have deepened after Fernandez agreed to buy the Sputnik vaccine, developed by Russia’s Gamaleya Institute. Argentina was at one point the only country outside of the former Soviet Union to inoculate its citizens with the shot.