Sputnik V Vaccine To Be Jointly Produced By Russia, India For Global Use

New Delhi, Dec 21: Russian envoy to India Nikolay Kudashev on Monday said Moscow will jointly produce the Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 along with New Delhi and it will be manufactured by Indian pharma major Dr Reddy''s Laboratories.

"We are working very hard to fight COVID-19 together with India, and are now advancing to jointly produce Sputnik V vaccine at the capacities of Dr Reddy''s Laboratories to be used in India, Russia and other countries," Kudashev said, addressing a press conference.

"We have supported each other in a big way earlier this year when we managed to repatriate thousands of Russian and Indian nationals to their respective home countries," he added.