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Uzbekistan begins serial production of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine

15 September 2021 09:31 (UTC +04:00)

The serial production of Russia’s Sputnik V anti-coronavirus vaccine has begun in Uzbekistan at the Jurabek Laboratories production facility, the Gazeta.uz news portal reported citing Aziz Saipov, the marketing and sales director at Jurabek Laboratories, A{PA reports citing TASS.

"We have already started bottling it. Every batch is sent to Russia for quality control. Tests take about three weeks. The quality control is carried out simultaneously by the Russian side and the state laboratory [of Uzbekistan]. Once we get a response, we can deliver [the vaccine to the Health Ministry of Uzbekistan]," the portal quoted Saipov as saying.

According to the official, the domestically produced vaccine will be available in Uzbekistan in October.