BUENOS AIRES (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 13th August, 2020) The Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego is interested in producing a Russian vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Governor Gustavo Melella said.
"The provincial government has contacted [Russian Direct Investment Fund] RDIF, the ChemRar group and the Russian Embassy to Argentina to voice our interest in being part of the program for the production and promotion of their Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine," Melella wrote on Twitter.
"We believe that cooperation between countries is necessary to eradicate this pandemic. This vaccine, presented by Russia, is a double-dose scheme that will create long-term immunity, which is very much awaited by citizens," he said.
Russia's Health Ministry on Tuesday registered the world's first vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19.
