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Brazil’s União Química to produce Russian Covid vaccine Sputnik Light for export

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The vaccine, a one-dose version of the two-dose Sputnik V vaccine launched last year, will be used as a booster in Mexico and Nicaragua and has been approved for use in Argentina.

União Química said Thursday that a technology transfer will allow the Brazilian pharmaceutical company to produce the Sputnik Light Covid-19 vaccine for export to Latin American countries, a partnership praised by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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