Medvedchuk criticized Ukraine’s rejection of Sputnik V vaccine

The actions of the authorities, who flatly rejected the Russian vaccine, described them as “limited and amateurish.”

The head of the political council of the party Oposition Platform – For Life, MP Viktor Medvedchuk, criticized the refusal of the Ukrainian authorities to buy or produce the Sputnik V vaccine in Ukraine, reports 112.ua.

“The performance of the authorities was limited and amateurish in this matter. They were guided precisely by political reasons that” the Russian Sputnik V vaccine cannot be used in Ukraine, we are waiting for the American vaccine, we are waiting for the German vaccine, we are waiting for the British vaccine, but any other, real, serious, and not Russian. “And he started a campaign to discredit the effectiveness of the Russian vaccine, which in fact continues today,” he said.

“Among the known vaccines in the world, Sputnik V’s competitors are vaccines such as Moderna, Pfizer, a joint production of the United States and Germany, as well as AstraZeneca, Great Britain. I want to say that one of the arguments of the authorities, who used speculatively in relation to the Sputnik V vaccine, it was that there is no such vaccine, it cannot be considered a candidate for acquisition as an effective means of treating coronavirus or combating coronavirus disease, as it has not passed all stages of the trials This is a cynical lie for a reason: none of those vaccines I named (and these are really the most popular ones that actually exist), did not pass the third phase of clinical trials. Experts say that Sputnik V provides up to two years of resistance to coronavirus disease, and Pfizer and Moderna – 6-8 months … It is also important that instead of studying and researching this vaccine for use in Ukraine, the authorities Political speculation, accusations and attempts to discredit the efficacy of this vaccine continue. At the same time, there are nonsensical and baseless conversations that Ukraine is in the COVAX system, this is a program that the UN is implementing, which includes 180 countries, where the vaccine will be distributed centrally, which – not yet knows when it will happen – also unknown. And this raises a number of doubts, but critical assessments of the fact that Ukraine today awaits a vaccine, which may not be available, “believes Medvedchuk.