- Sputnik International
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

Russian, Belarusian Prime Ministers Discuss Plans For Sputnik V COVID-19 Vaccine Production

© Press Service of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation / Go to the mediabankIn this handout photo released by Russian Healthcare Ministry, packs with the world's first vaccine against COVID-19 registered in Russia are pictured, in Moscow, Russia
In this handout photo released by Russian Healthcare Ministry, packs with the world's first vaccine against COVID-19 registered in Russia are pictured, in Moscow, Russia - Sputnik International
Subscribe
MINSK (Sputnik) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and his Belarusian counterpart, Roman Golovchenko, have discussed the ongoing clinical trials of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the Belarusian government press service informed in a statement.

"In the evening of 5 November 2020, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Roman Golovchenko held a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin. The parties discussed topical issues of cooperation in trade, economic, energy, transport and logistics spheres. In addition, they exchanged information on the progress of clinical trials of the Sputnik V vaccine and preparations for its production in the Republic of Belarus", the statement, released on Facebook, says.

The press service of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had expressed support for Lukashenko’s proposal to produce a vaccine against COVID-19 in Belarus, with the use of Russian technology.

Minister for foreign affairs of Hungary Peter Szijjarto arrives to attend a European Foreign Affairs ministers council in Luxembourg October 12, 2020. - Sputnik International
Hungary to Start Importing Russian COVID-19 Vaccine in December, Foreign Minister Says
In August, Russia became the first country in the world to register a vaccine against the coronavirus, dubbed Sputnik V, and developed by the Gamaleya research institute. The Sputnik V vaccine was administered to volunteers in Belarus in October, as part of ongoing trials. Phase 3 clinical trials were launched in Moscow on 7 September.

The World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on 11 March. To date, more than 48.6 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 1.23 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University. 

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала