Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree according to which Russia will provide Vietnam as humanitarian aid 100 thousand rubles. doses of the Sputnik Light vaccine. This is reported on the official portal legal information.

It is noted that more than 57 million rubles have been allocated for the purchase and delivery of the drug to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for this cargo of humanitarian aid.

Formerly Vietnam started production of the Russian vaccine against coronavirus “Sputnik V”, the first batch has already been sent to the Gamaleya Institute for quality control. Vietnam registered the Russian drug on March 23. In the country, 65,607 people were infected with the coronavirus, 334 patients died.

Prior to this, the Ministry of Health of Peru announced the conclusion of an international vaccine against coronavirus “Sputnik V”.

The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), in turn, has confirmed the efficacy of all the coronavirus vaccines used in the country against delta schma, including the Russian drug Sputnik V.