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Reuters reports that an Argentine firm has produced test batches of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, the first in Latin America, with aims to scale up manufacturing of the drug by mid-year as the wider region grapples with a new surge in infections.
Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF and Laboratorios Richmond said on Tuesday that the Argentina pharmaceutical company had carried out the test production and that the batches would be sent to Russia’s Gamaleya Institute for quality inspection.
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Israel is planning a second round of Covid-19 vaccination in six months, by which point it expects children to be approved by health regulators to receive jabs, the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
Around 81% of Israeli citizens or residents over 16 – the age group eligible for the Pfizer vaccine in Israel – have received both doses in one of the world’s fastest rollouts.
We are preparing for another vaccination campaign in six months’ time.
Get your shoulders ready and your muscles, if you want, and also the kids, because we estimate there will be approved vaccines by then, for children.
