Russia has the fourth-largest number of COVID-19 cases in the world behind the United States, India and Brazil. It has recorded 38,558 deaths related to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.Meanwhile, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Indian pharma firm Hetero have agreed to produce over 100 million doses per year in India of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, Russia's sovereign wealth fund said in a statement.
They intend to start the production of Sputnik V in the beginning of 2021.Russia says requests for more than 1.2 billion doses of Sputnik V vaccine has come from over 50 countries.
The vaccine supplies for the global market will be produced by RDIF's international partners in India, Brazil, China, South Korea and.