Production of the first doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 has already begun at the Russian company AFK Sistema's Binnopharm pharmaceutical factory. The plant is expected to make up to 1.5 million doses per year and is only one of many working on the rapid delivery of the much-needed drug.
Watch First Doses of Russian COVID-19 Vaccine Being Produced at Pharmaceutical Plant
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The total output of the drug named Sputnik V is expected to reach 500 million doses in the first 12 months.
Watch First Doses of Russian COVID-19 Vaccine Being Produced at Pharmaceutical Plant
© Photo : RDIF press service
A video, shot at the Binnopharm plant, shows how the first batch of the vaccine that might shift the tide in the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic is being produced.