The first batch of the Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19, developed by the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of Gamaleya of Russia and the Direct Investment Fund of Russia (RDIF) has been released to civil circulation, regional deliveries are planned in the near future, the Russian health ministry reports.
“The first batch of ‘Gam-COVID-Vac’ [Sputnik V] The vaccine for the prevention of new coronavirus infection, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Ministry of Health, has passed the necessary quality tests in the Roszdravnadzor laboratories. [medical device regulator] and it has been put into civil circulation, “the ministry said in a statement.
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The Russian Health Ministry registered the first vaccine against Covid-19, called Sputnik V, on August 11.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on Sunday expressed hope that most of the residents of the Russian capital will be vaccinated against the coronavirus in several months.
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According to the health ministry, the delivery of the first batches of the Russian vaccine to the regions of the country is planned in the near future.
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