Uzbekistan requested Russia to increase the supply of Sputnik V vaccine and consider the possibility of its production in Uzbekistan, stated the Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin, TASS reported.
A meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council is being held in Kazan these days. The meeting brought together the heads of government of Uzbekistan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
“We would like to ask you to increase its (Sputnik V - ed.) supply, we are ready to upgarde the contract and would be glad if there is such an opportunity to launch the vaccine production in Uzbekistan,” the he said.
Abdulla Aripov noted that vaccination with Sputnik V has been successfully launched in Uzbekistan. According to the Ministry of Health, as of April 29, 1255 people over the age of 65 were vaccinated with it.
In his remarks, the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin noted: "We are also preparing to launch production of the Sputnik vaccine in Uzbekistan."
Over the past week, Uzbekistan received two batches of Sputnik V, the volume of the first was not specified, and the second had 50,000 doses. Abdulla Aripov reported that by the end of the month Uzbekistan will receive 300 thousand doses of the Russian vaccine.
