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Russia to produce up to 90 mln anti-COVID-19 vaccine doses before October, says minister

05 July 2021 09:48 (UTC +04:00)

Russia plans starting a monthly production of about 30 million anti-COVID-19 vaccine doses in July-August, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said on Monday, APA reports quoting TASS.

According to Manturov, Russia may up its production of anti-coronavirus vaccine doses to a monthly rate of 45 million by the end of the year.

"We plan to hit the production figure of 30 million doses in July, and this figure will be approximately the same for August and September," Manturov said in an interview with TASS adding that the number of two-component vaccines would depend on the final request from the Health Ministry regarding the production of the one-component Sputnik Light vaccine.