The Togolese government filed an official request for shipment of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov disclosed the details to the Russian News Agency following talks with his Togolese counterpart Robert Dussey.

He said his country will take some action, perform certain [legal] procedures in Togo, and, as soon as it happens, they will be ready to look into practical steps to ship doses of the vaccine.

Deborah Amuwo reports.