The first batch of the Russian vaccine from the coronavirus “Satellite V” volume of 20 thousand doses arrived in Kyrgyzstan on April 22. This is reported by “Sputnik Kyrgyzstan” with reference to the Vice-Prime Minister of Artem Novikov.
According to him, the final arrangements for the delivery of the drug were agreed at the level of deputy heads of the governments of the two countries on April 20. According to him, during April-May, Kyrgyzstan will receive another 60 thousand doses of Sputnik V, and in the future and larger volumes. “By June, we will begin to coordinate with Russia a new vaccine delivery schedule with Russia,” said Novikov.
At the same time, the Deputy Prime Minister stressed that he understood the reasons for the impossibility to provide the country with a large number of vaccines. Among them, he called production limits and high demand for drugs abroad.
previously became known that the authorities of Kyrgyzstan decided to purchase more than one million doses of “satellite V”. At the same time, according to the agreements, half from the total volume will go to Bishkek for free. According to the latest data, from the beginning of the pandemic in Kyrgyzstan, more than 90 thousand people became coronavirus, about one and a half thousand patients were contacted.