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Share this News View of discared vials of the Russian Sputnik V and Chinese Sinopharm vaccines against Covid-19, at a vaccination centre at the Tecnopolis park in Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on April 15, 2021. | JUAN MABROMATA / AFP Argentina surpassed the grim landmark of 60,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Wednesday, with the country stricken by a exponential increase in infections and second wave of coronavirus. The Health Ministry reported Wednesday that 25,932 new cases of Covid-19 had been recorded over the past 24 hours, along with 291 fatalities. Argentina is experiencing the worst moment of the pandemic since March 3 last year. It is the moment of greatest risk, declared Health Minister Carla Vizzotti at a press conference on Wednesday. ....
If Gamaleya scientists approve it, production might start in June. Argentine laboratory Richmond Tuesday delivered the first batch of locally-produced Sputnik V vaccines against covid-19 to be sent to Russia s Gamaleya Institute for final validation, it was announced. Scientists in Moscow will take between two and three weeks to review the samples of dose 1 and 2 for which the active components of the immunizers have been brought from Russia into Argentine for final processing. According to the Direct Investment Fund of Russia (RDIF), the Gamaleya Institute, the Richmond Laboratory and the Casa Rosada, if things go well, production could start in June, but the projected output will depend on negotiations between Presidential Adviser Cecilia Nicolini and Richmond CEO Marcelo Figueiras. ....