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German Chancellor Angela Merkel allowed the production of the Russian vaccine against the coronavirus Sputnik V in her country after its registration by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The German edition of The Local writes about this on January 21, citing a statement from the Chancellor.
Merkel said that despite significant political differences with Russia, the countries can work together in a humanitarian pandemic.
After sending Moscow’s statement to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the German leader announced that she had proposed the Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedical Medicines Paul Ehrlich to support Russia.
If the EMA approves the Russian vaccine, there will be talk of joint production, as well as its use, Merkel added.
Russia’s Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has applied for registration of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine in the European Union, RBC reported on Jan.20. The RDIF reported that on January 19, experts representing the EMA held a scientific consultation for the developers of the Sputnik V vaccine.
Permission to use the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has already issued by the Hungarian regulator… Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Siyjarto said that on December 28, 2020 6 thousand doses of vaccine were brought to the country of COVID-19 “Sputnik V” for examination.
The first Russian vaccine against the Sputnik V coronavirus was registered in August 2020. Russian President Vladimir Putin argued that it is effective, forms stable immunity and passed all tests.
At the same time, the vaccine was criticized in the scientific community, since it was registered before the third phase of clinical trials. In Russia, they claimed to be 95 percent effective. Rthe poison of Russian scientists pointed out that the accelerated approach to the registration of vaccines contradicts scientific and ethical standards for drug development… Vaccinated Russians have complained of various side effects: fever, loss of smell, high blood pressure.
An outbreak of coronavirus infection began in late 2019 in China. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of the coronavirus a pandemic.
By data American Johns Hopkins University on January 22, 2021, in the world since the beginning of the pandemic, COVID-19 was detected in more than 97.4 thousand people. Almost 2.09 million people have died from this disease and more than 53.7 million have recovered.
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