Russian President Vladimir Putin calls on fellow members of the BRICS alliance of major emerging countries to mass produce Russian-made coronavirus vaccines.
Speaking during an online summit of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, Putin encourages the other four BRICS members to manufacture and distribute coronavirus vaccines developed by Russia.
“There are Russian vaccines, they work, they work effectively and safely… It’s very important to unite for the mass production of these products into wide circulation,” Putin says.
Putin notes that Russia has agreements in place with India and Brazil to conduct clinical trials of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, as well as manufacturing agreements with China and India.
A new vaccine on display at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia, August 6, 2020. (Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/ Russian Direct Investment Fund via AP)
The world’s largest vaccine producer is in India, the Serum Institute of India.
The Russian leader does not offer specifics as to what broader efforts between the five countries to mass produce the vaccines would entail, or outline the commercial conditions.
— AFP
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