Russia’s RDIF signs vaccine production deal with Turkey

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Russia’s RDIF signs vaccine production deal with Turkey - Ifax
January 23, 2021, 10:31 am

Russia’s RDIF signs vaccine production deal with Turkey - Ifax

A medical worker shows a vial with Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine against the coronavirus disease during the vaccination of medics at a clinic in the far eastern city of Vladivostok. (File photo: AFP)

Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF said on Saturday it had signed an agreement with Turkey on production of its Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, the Interfax news agency reported.

RDIF added that it had begun transferring the production technology to Turkey.

RDIF has also signed deals to produce Sputnik V with manufacturers in South Korea, China, India, Brazil, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

source: Reuters

Image source: AFP

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