Turkey to locally produce Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine

Turkey has signed an agreement to locally produce Sputnik V, the Russian-created vaccine against the coronavirus, according to the Russia Direct Investment Fund, the country’s sovereign wealth fund. Production technology transfers to Turkish manufacturers have already begun, the Interfax news agency reported. Turkey is not the only country to sign an agreement to produce Sputnik V; others include Belarus, Brazil, China, India, Kazakhstan and South Korea, according to media reports.