Putin's pledge to provide 24 million doses marks a sharp increase from a previous target from last week of 7.4 million doses through March, though some doubts over Russia's production capacity persist. The Mexican leader added in a post on Twitter that he had invited the Russian head of state to visit Mexico. Mexico's health regulator has not yet approved Sputnik V, despite promising a quick process after a senior health official received clinical data during a visit to Argentina. Argentina has spearheaded Sputnik V's arrival in Latin America, adopting the vaccine early and administering hundreds of thousands of doses since late last year. The global body seeks to deliver at least 2 billion COVID-19 doses worldwide this year, with at least 1.3 billion for poorer countries.

Source: bd News24 January 25, 2021 18:22 UTC