The Turkish government is considering not only the supply of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, but also its joint production. Such plans were announced by the head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry Mevlut Cavusoglu, quoted by RIA Novosti.
Cavusoglu noted that cooperation with Russia on a vaccine against coronavirus is proceeding normally. “We are talking not only about a one-way delivery of the vaccine, we are also talking about the joint production of this vaccine, the work is progressing positively,” the diplomat said at a press conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Earlier it was reported that Turkey refused to purchase the Russian coronavirus vaccine, as it does not comply with good laboratory practice. However, soon the head of the Turkish Ministry of Health, Fahrettin Koca, denied this information and confirmed that if the Russian vaccine successfully passed laboratory practice in toxicology, the country would consider the possibility of its use.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the registration of Sputnik V on August 11. The development of the Gamaleya Center became the world's first registered vaccine against COVID-19. At the moment, Russia has also registered the EpiVacCorona coronavirus vaccine from the Vector Center. In addition, a third drug is under development; the Chumakov Center is working on it.
