Sputnik V is the second most approved vaccine in the world

The ranking is led by the AstraZeneca prepared by the University of Oxford. Sputnik is followed by the North American Pfizer.

The Executive Director of the Russian Fund for Direct Investments, Kirill DmitrievHe explained on CNN that “vaccination in Russia is going very well and people just need to know the numbers. For example, if you look at the number of full vaccines, we actually have double that in the UK. ”

Dmitriev pointed out that “the UK is seen as a great leader in immunization, and it is, but it has three months between the first and second injections, and we only have three weeks. So, in fact, twice as many people have been vaccinated with full vaccines in Russia than in the UK. “

In addition, he reiterated that the Russian direct investment fund (RDIF, for its acronym in English), offered the European Union (EU) the possibility of providing the old continent with 50 million doses, at a time when countries like Italy were halting the arrival of the British vaccine in Australia due to the shortage of vaccines.

“Following EMA approval, we could deliver the vaccine to 50 million Europeans from June”said Dmitriev, who celebrated the start of an ongoing review of Sputnik V by the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP).

“We are providing the EMA with comprehensive data on the Russian vaccine, which has already been approved for use in more than 40 countries. Sputnik V can significantly contribute to saving millions of lives in Europe.”, a point.

Russia has defended that “associations in the field of vaccines must be above politics. Cooperation with the EMA is a perfect example that shows that joining forces is the only way to end the pandemic “, Dmitriev said.