Russia wants to vaccinate nearly 1 in 10 on the planet this year
(World News Russia)

Russia is ramping up overseas output of its Covid-19 vaccine, pledging to supply shots to almost one in ten people on the planet this year even as it`s produced only a tiny fraction of that so far. “We have capacity to provide the vaccine to 700 million people outside Russia this year,` Kirill Dmitriev, chief executive officer of state-run Russian Direct Investment Fund, which backed Sputnik V`s development and is in charge of its foreign roll-out, said in an interview Wednesday. “The biggest producers will be India, China and South Korea.` MORE FROM THIS SECTIONSee All Americans seek compensation for failed covid treatments from US fund 4 min read . 09:55 AM IST Covid-19...