Serbia Gets Another Batch Of Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine
Sumaira FH Published October 17, 2021 | 12:40 PM
BELGRADE (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th October, 2021) A further batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine has arrived in Serbia, the minister in charge of innovation and technology said Sunday.
"More doses of the Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Serbia overnight," Nenad Popovic said in a statement.
The batch includes first and second doses of the two-component vaccine against COVID-19.
More than a million people in the country of nearly 7 million have contracted COVID-19 and 9,000 died since the pandemic begun.
The Balkan nation began industrial production of the Sputnik V vaccine for domestic use in June. Popovic said Serbia had produced 1.5 million doses, with 2.5 million more to come by the end of the year.
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