However, in recent weeks, Moscow-based representatives of the very same outlets have lined up to receive the much-maligned Sputnik V. Living in Russia, it is no surprise that the correspondents have a much more realistic view of the country than their New York and London-based superiors. On Friday, the New …
Read More »Mexico reaches ‘preliminary agreement’ to buy up to 24 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine – top health official
“There is data that shows that the vaccine is safe. We had a meeting with Russian officials [in Argentina]…and reached a preliminary agreement that would potentially give the Mexican government the capacity to receive the vaccines made by the Gamaleya Research Institute,” Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion Hugo Lopez-Gatell …
Read More »‘Sputnik Light’: Testing of single-dose anti-Covid vaccine based on ‘Sputnik V’ kicks off in Russia
The trials of the vaccine variant, dubbed ‘Sputnik Light,’ kicked off in Russia on Friday, according to the updated national register of medical drugs. It says the first stage of trials will involve some 150 people who have volunteered to get the express shot. The testing will take place at …
Read More »Moscow finance staff now eligible for Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 jab – in line behind doctors, teachers & industrial workers
The Mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, announced on Sunday on his personal website that registration would open for employees of banking and finance businesses, as well as for government workers. They will be able to sign up to receive their first dose of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine at one …
Read More »Needling each other: Ukrainian politicians face off over rejection of Russian-made Sputnik V as country’s Covid-19 crisis worsens
On Saturday, the country’s chief doctor, Viktor Lyashko, denied media reports that Kiev was considering registering Sputnik V, created by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute. In a message on his official Facebook page, he wrote these “rumours… do not correspond to reality” because Ukraine will use only those vaccines against COVID-19 that …
Read More »Ukrainian pharma company applies to produce Sputnik V jab after emotional FM dubs Russian Covid vaccine ‘weapon of hybrid war’
That’s according to Viktor Medvedchuk, the chairman of Opposition Platform – For Life, a Moscow-leaning political party in Ukraine and the country’s most popular opposition group. Writing on its website, Medvedchuk announced that the company Biolik had officially asked for permission from the government to make the vaccine, noting that …
Read More »Algeria signs contract for Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 jab, mass vaccine roll-out set for January
“Algeria’s health minister has confirmed that a contract was signed… for the purchase of a vaccine against coronavirus with a Russian laboratory,” said Communications Minister Ammar Belhimer on Wednesday, according to local media. While Belhimer also suggested vaccine-related talks were ongoing with “other foreign parties,” he did not elaborate further. …
Read More »Venezuela signs deal with Russia to purchase 10 million Sputnik-V vaccines for FREE distribution
Announcing the deal in a televised speech on Tuesday, Maduro said that the vaccine would be “distributed free of charge to the entire population living in the country, be they Columbians, Portueguese, Italians, Venezuelans,” while taking aim at Colombia’s plan to exclude some 900,000 Venezuelan migrants from its own vaccination …
Read More »Argentina’s leader says ‘trade war’ unleashed against Sputnik V as country starts immunization campaign with Russian vaccine
Competitors are eager to “discredit each other,” Fernandez told TV Publica in an interview broadcasted on Monday, adding that the coronavirus vaccine market is worth “tens of billions of dollars.” “A trade war has been unleashed and, as everyone hopes for a vaccine, there is a geopolitical debate about who …
Read More »US envoy who asked Santa for vaccine declines Sputnik V jab offered by Russian hosts – but says he has other requests for Moscow
Russia’s Foreign Ministry suggested that Sullivan receive Sputnik V after the US diplomat revealed that he had asked Santa for a coronavirus vaccine for Christmas. In a series of tweets, a spokeswoman for the US Embassy in Moscow explained that Sullivan was grateful for the offer but would have to take a …
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