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Russia to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Syria

The following article is republished from the original Russian at RIA Novosti:

Russia and Syria have created a working group to localize the production of the Russian vaccine against coronavirus in Syrian territory, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev , head of the National Center for Defense Management ( NTSUO ) of the Russian Federation , said during a meeting of the interdepartmental coordination headquarters of the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic.

Mizintsev heads the interdepartmental coordination headquarters of the Russian Federation for the return of refugees to Syria. The meeting of the headquarters of the Russian Federation and Syria was held in the videoconference mode.

“A decision has been made to implement a large-scale project to localize the production of Russian vaccines against coronavirus in Syria. An appropriate working group has already been created as part of the interdepartmental coordination headquarters of Russia. We will successfully complete the task,” said Mizintsev.

He recalled that in July, the Russian leadership made and implemented a decision to supply to Syria free of charge 250,000 doses of the Russian vaccine and 1 million test systems, as well as drugs to fight coronavirus infection.

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