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More than 1 billion people to get Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine in 2020-2021: Ifax cites RDIF – Metro US

More than 1 billion people to get Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine in 2020-2021: Ifax cites RDIF

A photo shows an employee demonstrating vials with vaccine against
A photo shows an employee demonstrating vials with vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) near Moscow

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said on Friday that more than one billion people would receive its COVID-19 vaccine “Sputnik-V” in 2020-21, the Interfax news agency reported.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has already signed two deals to export the vaccine abroad and on the Brazilian state of Bahia on Friday agreed to conduct Phase III clinical trials of the vaccine.

(Reporting by Andrey Ostroukh; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Jon Boyle)