Carla Vizzotti gave details about the Russian vaccine …

Health Access Secretary Carla Vizzotti said from Russia that “the final steps are being completed to approve the use of ‘the Sputnik V vaccine’ in people over 60 years of age.”. The official explained that the Gamaleya Institute and the Russian regulatory body are in the final stage of analyzing the study to determine the efficacy of the vaccine in this segment of the population and that approval is expected before the end of the year. So, he provided details after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements about the vaccine and when it will be applied.

“So far, the data analyzed and the recommendation for use is up to 60 years. They informed us that they had already assessed the over 60s on the independent committee. They raised him to the Ministry of Health, the regulatory body with Gamaleya and they are completing the final stages so that they can also approve the use of this vaccine in people over 60 years old», Vizzotti explained this Thursday from Russia, where he went with the Argentinian delegation made up of the presidential adviser, Cecilia Nicolini, and the authorities of Angat to guarantee the doses of the vaccine for Argentina.

In statements to C5N, the official said that “Efficacy continues to be monitored, checks are still being carried out on the time after the first and second doses and of course on the safety of the vaccination”.

If the agreement was signed, Aerolineas Argentinas announced that it had prepared the logistical details to carry out a flight to bring the doses of Sputnik V.

Alexey Kuznetsov, adviser to the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation, indicated that “at present the use of the Sputnik V vaccine in routine medical practice is possible in patients aged 18 to 60 years”. “The Gamaleya Institute of the Russian Ministry of Health is carrying out an additional clinical study with the participation of 100 volunteers over the age of 60, which, at first, gives good results. There was no security problem in Sputnik V among the older volunteers, ”he added.

Kuznetsov explained that the Institute “analyzes clinical data and prepares a report,” on the basis of which the Russian Ministry of Health will decide on the possibility of using the vaccine against the coronavirus in people over 60 years old. “Results and decisions will be communicated after December 20”, assured the official.

For its part, President Vladimir Putin assured at a press conference that the Russian vaccine against the coronavirus “is safe and effective” and that it will be vaccinated “without fail, as soon as possible”. He explained that he had not yet done so because he was not in the age range of those to whom it applies.

In Russia, the government is vaccinating the population aged 18 to 60. Putin has 68. “I listen to the recommendations of specialists and therefore, I have not done it yet, but it is clear that I will do it as soon as possible”, declared the Russian president.

As Buenos Aires Deputy Health Minister Nicolás Kreplak explained that Russia “is not yet massively applying” the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in people over 60 “because it has no approval ” to immunize this age group, but also indicated that he should have the authorization “by the end of the year”.

“It is not applied massively among the over 60s, but as part of a branch of research,” Kreplak said in a dialogue with FutuRock. For the momenthe added, people in this age group and health workers are vaccinated.

The deputy minister of Buenos Aires noted, like Kuznetsov, that the Gamaleya Institute is testing the vaccine specifically in people over 60 years of age whose results “are very good”, but that they “wait to present the papers to the regulatory authorities and approve them. And then they have everyone over 60 vaccinated en masse.”.

Kreplak also reported that “the vaccine will probably arrive in Argentina next week” and assured that “In order to vaccinate the entire population at risk, we will be until March if all goes well”.