NAYPYIDAW – Myanmar is negotiating to buy seven million doses of Russia’s Sputnik coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine, the head of its junta said.
In an interview with Russia’s RIA news agency, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing said after initially planning to buy two million doses, Myanmar was now looking to buy seven million.
“We have made negotiations to buy more from Russia,” according to Min Aung Hlaing. He did not say whether it would be the Sputnik V or single-shot Sputnik Light vaccine.
The junta head, who recently returned from a trip to Russia, said neighboring India, which had initially supplied the bulk of Myanmar’s vaccines, was unable to provide more doses due to its own outbreak.
“China has also sent some vaccines and we have used those as well. We will also continue negotiations with China,” he said.(Reuters)
