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ALGERIA has registered Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine for use, becoming the first African country to do so, according to the Russian Direct Investment Fund. Russia said last month it had signed a contract with Algeria to supply it with the vaccine.
ANDREW OSBORN and POLINA NIKOLSKAYA RUSSIA’S Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine will cost under $20 per person on international markets and Moscow aims to produce more than a billion doses at home and abroad next year, its financial backers and developers said on Tuesday. The Sputnik vaccine, named after the Soviet-era satellite that triggered the space race in a nod to the project's geopolitical importance for Moscow, is administered in two shots, each of which will cost less than $10, according to the official Sputnik V Twitter account. For Russian citizens, inoculation will be free of charge. Mass vaccination in Russia,…
