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Read More »Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 jab less specific to Delta variant, but still offers better protection than other vaccines – makers
Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Denis Logunov, the deputy director of the Gamaleya Institute that developed the jab, warned that there was a decrease in efficacy against the sub-type, which is believed to have originated in India. Laboratory tests designed to show how closely matched the antibodies given by the …
Read More »Iran begins production of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 (VIDEO)
The announcement that the test batch has been successfully completed was made by the distributor of Sputnik V, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), on Saturday. It also released a video, showing the experts from one of Iran’s leading pharma companies, Actoverco, during the production of the jab at a …
Read More »By shutting out travelers immunized with Sputnik V, the EU is helping undermine Russia’s vaccine drive by feeding domestic doubts
Prior to the outbreak of the pandemic last year, the number of Russians taking trips to the EU was rising rapidly, accounting for nearly one in four visas granted by countries in the Schengen free travel area. Since then, with governments across the world closing their borders in response to …
Read More »Brazilian regulator gives ‘conditional’ approval to Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine after delay Moscow blamed on US pressure
After a marathon seven-hour meeting on Friday, the health body, ANVISA, voted 4-1 to greenlight Sputnik V as well as India’s Covaxin formula, allowing for imports after previously delaying approval, which Russian experts believe was due to US diplomatic pressure. A few exceptions were made for the vaccines, however, requiring that they …
Read More »Sputnik V expected to get WHO authorization in ‘next couple of months’ – distributor of Russian vaccine to RT
The rolling review of Sputnik V by the EU health watchdog the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has been underway since March, while the World Health Organization (WHO) received the application for accelerated registration of the jab from the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) in late October 2020. The approval by …
Read More »Team behind Russia’s Sputnik V says Big Pharma campaign to discredit Covid-19 jab behind low levels of vaccination in country
Kirill Dmitriev of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which financed the research at Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute, made the explosive allegations in an interview with RBK published on Friday. He blamed the narrative being put forward by some foreign reporters for not only tarnishing perceptions of the world’s first registered …
Read More »Budapest’s use of Russia’s Sputnik V ‘paid off’ despite EU’s attempt to ‘politicize’ vaccine, Hungarian FM Szijjarto tells RT
The Central European state has been able to reopen its economy thanks to a “very successful” vaccination campaign that included the Russian-made jab, Szijjarto told RT on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). “I’m happy to see life coming back to Russia, and if you come …
Read More »Bavarian premier demands EU ‘accelerate’ approval of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
“The vaccination engine must not stutter,” Soeder told Germany’s Bild am Sonntag, adding that the best way to keep the immunization campaign running smoothly is to greenlight the use of the pioneering Russian Covid-19 vaccine. “Above all, the Sputnik V [approval] process must be accelerated,” Soeder said, adding that Europe …
Read More »Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine hasn’t been approved by EU due to political pressure from top officials – Moscow’s spy chief
Speaking on national television, Russia’s top spy said that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is “dragging its feet” because of influence from the top of the EU, and not due to any genuine scientific concern. “I don’t want to blame the experts and specialists of the European Medicines Agency,” Naryshkin …
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