The country is negotiating to buy seven million doses of Russia’s Sputnik Covid-19 vaccine, the head of its junta said, as authorities in the South-East Asian country try to tackle a new wave of coronavirus infections.
In an interview with Russia’s RIA news agency, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said after initially planning to buy two million doses, Myanmar was now looking to buy seven million.
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