Serbia's Torlak Institute to start producing Russian Covid vaccines on June 4: "Together we win"

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Production of Russian Sputnik V Covid vaccines will begin at the Torlak Institute in Belgrade, Serbia, on Friday June 4.

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Nenad Popovic, Serbian minister without portfolio in charge of innovations and technological development, announced on Twitter that production will start with a ceremony.

"Together we win," Popovic tweeted and announced that senior Serbian and Russian state officials will participate in the ceremony.

ЕКСКЛУЗИВНО: Производња @sputnikvaccine на Институту Торлак отпочеће у петак 04. јуна свечаном церемонијом у којој ће учествовати високи државни званичници Србије и Русије. Заједно побеђујемо! 🇷🇸🇷🇺 pic.twitter.com/ewlI1RGd6t— Nenad Popović (@npopovicSNP) June 2, 2021

Te Russian National Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology confirmed the quality of the vaccine produced at Torlak on May 19, and approved future  production of Sputnik V vaccines at his Serbian institute.

Serbia will thus become the first country in Europe to produce that vaccine.

(Telegraf.rs)