Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said Venezuela has reached a deal to purchase doses of Russia's EpiVacCorona vaccine, as well as manufacture the inoculation locally, Reuters reports.

Rodriguez did not detail how many EpiVacCorona doses Russia would send, nor when local manufacturing would begin.

Venezuela's information ministry did not respond to a request for comment with questions about the deal. Russia's embassy in Caracas confirmed the deal in a tweet.

A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the EpiVacCorona vaccine at a local clinic in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 12. — Reuters
A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the EpiVacCorona vaccine at a local clinic in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 12. — Reuters

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