Russia's vaccine can help Latin America, but faces obstacles

... and make it available worldwide later this year could help mediate the public health crisis in Latin America, which, with the United States and  India ranks as one of the three major Covid hotspots. In the Arab world, where the Gamaleya-developed "Sputnik ... ... background purposes, look at the numbers. As of 30 August, Bolivia's neighbor Argentina has 401,239 cases and 8,353 deaths. Chile has 408,008 cases and 11,181 deaths, Mexico has 571,712 cases and 63,819 deaths, Colombia has 599,884 cases and 19,063 deaths, Peru has 629,961 cases and 28,471 deaths and Brazil has 3,846,193 cases and 120,262 deaths. By contrast, the United States has ...