Russia has announced it expects to step up production of its potential coronavirus vaccine to around 6 million doses a month, Reuters cited from a report by state-run news agency RIA.
Industry minister Denis Manturov made the claim on Sunday, discussing the current production, which is expected to be between 1.5 million and 2 million doses per month.
The claim comes just days after President Vladimir Putin announced that his country had developed the first vaccine to combat COVID-19. Putin described the vaccine as “quite effective.”
The president will announce the development at 6 p.m., accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Dr. Stephen Hahn, head of the Food and Drug Administration, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany posted on Twitter late Saturday.
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