Europe thanks Russia for developing Sputnik V COVID - 19 vaccine

Europe thanks Russia for developing Sputnik V COVID - 19 vaccine

By Onlykhabar News Media Fri 25 September, 2020 ( about 5 years ago ) 🎤714 Viewershealth

"The WHO greatly appreciates the efforts that the Russian Federation has made to develop a vaccine against COVID-19, namely Sputnik V. 

Hans Kluge, the Regional Director for Europe at the World Health Organization WHO, said that the UN health agency greatly appreciates the efforts Russia has made to develop a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease, Sputnik News reported. Meanwhile, reports from state media claimed on Thursday that the first batch of the Sputnik V vaccine has entered 'civil circulation' in Russia. The Sputnik V, the world's first officially registered vaccine against COVID-19, developed by the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology is currently undergoing post-registration trials involving about 42,000 volunteers.

Kluge said he is confident that the ongoing post-registration trials of the Sputnik V vaccine will be successful and thanked all the volunteers who agreed to take part in clinical testing of the COVID-19 vaccine. Russia registered the Sputnik V vaccine, becoming the first in the world to approve a vaccine for coronavirus amid safety concerns.   Results of the phase1/2 clinical trials of the Sputnik V vaccine published in the journal The Lancet showed no serious adverse effects and a stable immune response in 100 per cent participants.  The trials, which will enroll 1,000-2,000 participants, are part of a deal between Dr Reddy's and the Russian Direct Investment Fund RDIF. 

Russia said it has signed preliminary agreements with more than 10 countries and received requests or 'expressions of interests from various countries for 1.2 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. Worldwide, the novel coronavirus has so far claimed at least 978,448 lives and infected at least 31,975,020 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December.

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By Onlykhabar News Media Fri 25 September, 2020 🎤714 Viewershealth
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Europe thanks Russia for developing Sputnik V COVID - 19 vaccine

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