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Several EU countries have already started distributing Sputnik V, although it has not yet been approved in the EU. The move has been heavily criticized by Christa Wirthumer-Hoche, Chairman of the Board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
“We demand a public apology from Christos Wirthumer-Hoche, an EEA official, for his negative comments on the direct endorsement of Sputnik V by EU countries,” the official Twitter account for the vaccine said.
We demand a public apology from the EMA’s Christa Wirthumer-Hoche for her negative comments about the EU states directly endorsing Sputnik V. Her comments raise serious doubts about possible political interference in the EMA’s ongoing review. Sputnik V is approved by 46 countries.
– Sputnik V (@sputnikvaccine) March 8, 2021
“His comments raise serious questions about possible political interference in the ongoing EVA evaluation,” the vaccine developers said, adding that the Russian vaccine is approved in 46 countries.
Last week, the Amsterdam-based EVA launched a “continuous review” of the Sputnik V vaccine, after which the organization will decide on approval of the vaccine in the EU.
Meanwhile, Hungary has already approved the Sputnik V vaccine and started vaccinating it, and the Czech Republic and Slovakia ordered doses of the vaccine and said they are not waiting for EVA approval.
When asked about the possibility of Austria making such a decision, Capt. Wirthumer-Hoche told Austrian television ORF: “This is comparable to Russian roulette.”
Russia says it could provide the EU with 50 million. Sputnik V dose as soon as the vaccine is approved.
The United States has condemned Russia’s misinformation about coronavirus vaccines
The United States on Monday condemned a “Russian disinformation campaign” against US-made vaccines against the COVID-19 coronavirus infection, according to Washington, which endangers human lives.
The Global Engagement Center (GEC), a division of the State Department that monitors foreign propaganda efforts, among others, said that Russian intelligence was linked to the four Internet platforms involved in the campaign.
The platforms spread “misinformation about two vaccines now approved by the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) in the country,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.
“It is very clear that Russia is doing its old tricks and in doing so is putting people in danger by spreading misinformation about vaccines that we know save lives every day,” Price added.
The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the GEC’s findings that the content of those websites exaggerated the risk of side effects from a vaccine made by the US company Pfizer, apparently to promote the use of Sputnik V, a drug developed in Russia.
In an assessment received last year by the AFP news agency, GEC said there was a coordinated campaign on thousands of social media accounts to distort the facts about the COVID-19 pandemic, including allegations that the United States had contributed to the spread of the disease. .
The center also found that China had been involved in similar activities for some time, but ultimately decided that it would be more effective to focus on Beijing’s own efforts to combat the coronavirus.
American intelligence has long suspected Russia of misinformation campaigns in the field of health care, including the myth that spread in the 1990s that American scientists had created the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). , which causes AIDS.
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