Sputnik V vaccine started production in Kazakhstan

On the basis of the Karaganda pharmaceutical complex, 2 million doses of the vaccine will be produced in stages.

Production of the Russian vaccine against the Sputnik V coronavirus has started in Kazakhstan, the country’s government press service reported on Monday, December 21.

“The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Askar Mamin, visited the Karaganda Pharmaceutical Complex, where he launched the production of the Sputnik V vaccine as part of the implementation of the agreements between the Presidents of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, “said the government press service.

It is indicated that 2 million doses of the vaccine will be produced in stages from the complex.

“Mass vaccination Sputnik V, produced in Kazakhstan, will begin in February 2021. First, on a voluntary basis, medical workers, teachers, students, law enforcement officers, the contingent of medical and social institutions, as well as to representatives of risk groups with chronic diseases “. – said Mamin.

The Prime Minister highlighted the particular importance of locating the industrial production of the Sputnik V vaccine in Kazakhstan.

It was previously reported that Kazakhstan began vaccinating volunteers with its own COVID vaccine. Clinics in the cities of Almaty and Taraz began vaccinating 3,000 volunteers with QazCovid-in.

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