MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say Russia has been having so many problems producing second doses of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine that there won’t be enough to give people who got the first dose a second shot. It’s the latest account of production problems for Sputnik, which the Russian government has been promising to other countries but has been unable to supply in sufficient quantities. The Sputnik V’s two doses are different and not interchangeable. Mexico’s assistant health secretary said Monday that Russian scientists are now pushing the idea of not giving the two shots several weeks apart but giving a second Sputnik V booster shot six months later. The Russian fund behind the vaccine denied the Mexican report of a production problem.
Mexico: Russia’s Sputnik V shortages mean limited 2nd doses
