Argentina's Laboratorios Richmond supplies 1st batch of Russian vaccine

Vial labelled "Sputnik V coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine" is seen in this illustration picture

August 12, 2021, 10:36 PM

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Argentina's Laboratorios Richmond has delivered 995,125 doses of the first component of the Sputnik V vaccine produced in Argentina to the country's health ministry, the company said in a joint statement with Russian sovereign fund RDIF.

The company has also supplied 152,500 doses of the second component of the Russian-developed vaccine out of 3 million doses to be produced and supplied in August, they said in the statement.

(Reporting by Polina Nikolskaya; writing by Polina Devitt; editing by David Evans)

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