Iran, Russia talking about joint creation of COVID-19 immunization

Iran, Russia talking about joint creation of COVID-19 immunization

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  • Post By : Kumar Jeetendra

  • Source: Reuters

  • Date: 25 Sep,2020

Iran and Russia’s sovereign wealth finance RDIF are discussing the joint creation of a vaccine against COVID-19, Russian news agencies cited the Iranian ambassador to Moscow as saying on Friday.

“We are holding discussions, I talked with the head of RDIF Kirill Dmitriev, our officials have held several rounds of consultations and we announced that we’ll co-operate,” Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali was cited as saying.

Up to now, Russia has struck a manufacturing partnership deal with India, which is supposed to produce 300 million doses of this’Sputnik-V’ vaccine domestically. It is also talking such partnerships with several different countries, including Brazil.

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