During a televised meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Dmitriev said India and South Korea were already producing Sputnik V and that many of the 20 manufacturers would reach full capacity in April.
India is the world's largest vaccine maker and a Russian official said in December that it was likely to be able to produce 300 million doses or more of Sputnik V vaccine in 2021.
The RDIF and Uniao Quimica will apply for an emergency use authorisation for Sputnik V in Brazil this week, said the developers of the vaccine, which is backed by the RDIF.
RDIF head Kirill Dmitriev has written a letter to SAPM on Health Dr Faisal Sultan through the country’s embassy in Islamabad seeking details of the vaccine's registration process
Dmitriev expressed keen interest in registration of the Russian vaccine in Pakistan and sought details regarding the country’s demand for supply of the first batch of jabs.