Official: Foreign labs to make over 50% of Sputnik jabs by Nov

MOSCOW, Oct 7 (PRIME) -- Foreign facilities will account for more than 50% of the total production of Sputnik V and Sputnik Lite vaccines by November, head of Russia’s Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev said at the Bloomberg Invest Global conference on Thursday.

“We will increase production in November, and by November more than 50% of Sputnik V and Sputnik Lite will be produced outside Russia,” Dmitriev said.

Total production of Russian vaccines will exceed 100 million doses in October, Dmitriev said.

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