NUR-SULTAN (Reuters) – Kazakhstan has asked Russia to supply it with an additional 4 million doses of its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, healthcare minister Alexei Tsoi said on Wednesday.
The former Soviet republic has secured 2 million doses of the vaccine and has launched domestic production in order to support its mass vaccination campaign.
(Reporting by Tamara Vaal; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
