million doses will be supplied in bulk. >> reporter: the plan then is for india to begin producing the russian vaccine with a goal of making more than 815 million doses, the sputnik v is a two-dose regimen. the coronavirus is also taking its toll in other parts of asia. some streets in taiwan look like a ghost town. it too is suffering from a surge of coronavirus cases and a lack of vaccines. taiwan's health minister asking the u.s. for help in getting the critical supplies. cases are soaring in thailand, too, where clusters of covid-19 infections have emerged in the country's overcrowded prisons. bangkok began a vaccination drive dolling out shots of the chinese sinovac vaccine and astrazeneca to inmates. the shortage and at times dismal conditions across parts of asia making this wave of the