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Russia struggles to meet global orders for Sputnik V vaccine - Levin - 16-10-2021
By REGINA GARCIA CANO, DARIA LITVINOVA and JUAN PABLO ARRAEZ
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For a while it was “the only game in town,” said Judy Twigg, a professor specializing in global health at Virginia Commonwealth University, but adds that Russia’s window of opportunity “to really stake a claim as the savior” in the pandemic is gone.
Unlike other COVID-19 vaccines, Sputnik’s first and second shots are different and not interchangeable. Manufacturing in Russia has been marred by reports of production difficulties, particularly in making its second component.
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Airfinity, a life science data analytics firm, estimates that 62 countries have supply agreements for about 1 billion doses of Sputnik V, with only 48 million doses exported so far. It said it isn’t clear whether these doses are supposed to be delivered in 2021 or over a longer period.
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The World Health Organization and the European Medicines Agency have not yet approved Sputnik V for use.
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-russia-venezuela-f24620e051269b2609ca27c456955e24