Vasily Nebenzya
Russia hopes that the World Health Organization (WHO) will soon certify the Russian vaccine against coronavirus. This was stated in an interview with TASS by Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya.
“We have submitted our documents for the prequalification of our vaccine, for its inclusion in the EUL (Emergency Use Listing) list. On January 22 of this year, the WHO began the second stage of consideration of our application, so we hope that it will be certified soon enough, ”he said.
Already 12 countries have approved the use of the Sputnik V vaccine on their territory. Among them are Belarus, Argentina, Bolivia, Serbia, Algeria, Palestine, Venezuela, Paraguay, Turkmenistan, UAE, Hungary and Pakistan.
To date, two vaccines against COVID-19 have been registered in Russia. The first drug to be registered was Sputnik V, developed by the Gamaleya Center. On October 14, President Vladimir Putin announced the registration of EpiVacCorona from the Vector Center. There is no biological agent in the vaccine – it contains synthetic analogs of viral protein regions.
