To date, Argentina has not been able to although it has ordered 23 million doses of AstraZeneca's shot. At the same time, Sinopharm said it had received orders for 500 million doses , according to the state-run tabloid Global Times. "My only concern with the China vaccine and Russia's vaccine is they still haven't released the underlying clinical trial data too assess their safety and effectiveness," he said. "For China and Russia, our choice is not to benefit only ourselves, but rather to help the whole world." Even if Russia and China can work quickly to vaccinate the developing world, some experts doubt their efforts will have the desired long-term political payoff.

Source: CNN May 12, 2021 01:18 UTC