Russia studying exporting COVID-19 vaccine to Egypt, other African states

Russia studying exporting COVID-19 vaccine to Egypt, other African states

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Fri, 21 Aug 2020 - 10:21 GMT

















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MOSCOW - 21 August 2020: Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev announced on Thursday that Moscow is studying exporting the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik 5 to Egypt and other African countries.





In statements, he added that Moscow is expected to export the Russian vaccine in November or December after covering all of Russia in October.



Earlier, Russian Ambassador in Cairo Georgy Borisenko said that his country hopes for establishing partnership with Egypt for producing the developed Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik 5.