Russia and Peru reach agreement on production of Sputnik V

Peru’s health minister will soon provide details on the work

President of the South American republic Pedro Castillo has revealed that the Peruvian government has reached an agreement to set up production of the Russian vaccine against the coronavirus Sputnik V in the country.

“I announce that as a result of negotiations between the Peruvian government and Russia, an agreement has been reached to set up a factory to produce the Sputnik V vaccine in the country”, –  he said in a video message that was broadcast on TV Peru.

According to Castillo, Peru’s health minister will soon “provide details about these works.”

 

In July, Peru’s Ministry of Health said that the country’s government had entered into an agreement to buy Sputnik V.