In Brazil, they denied information about attempts by US officials to dissuade a Latin American country from buying the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. This is reported by RBC with reference to the Department of Social Communications of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil.
According to the department, the Brazilian embassy in Washington “has no information about consultations or any demarches by the authorities or companies” in the United States regarding a possible purchase by the Brazilian government of a Russian drug.
Earlier, the creators of the Russian vaccine “Sputnik V” caught the United States in an attempt to dissuade Brazil from buying the drug. They drew attention to a 2020 report from the US Department of Health and Human Services, which says that the office of the health attaché was used to persuade Brazil to abandon the Russian vaccine. The creators of the drug emphasized that such behavior is unethical and costs lives.
Sputnik V is the first registered Russian coronavirus vaccine based on adenovirus. The drug is registered in more than 50 countries. Currently, the development of Russian scientists is among the ten best vaccine candidates in the list of the World Health Organization.
