The RDIF said that the UAE’s health ministry confirmed Sputnik V’s efficacy to the previous during a vaccination campaign. The Russian agency added that the analysis of the efficacy is on the idea of knowledge collected on June 8, consistent with a report published by press agency ANI. The vaccine is fully effective against severe infections and there have been no instances of adverse aftermath after vaccination, the report added.
RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev said that inoculating the Russian vaccine helps in creating “durable immunity among the population and provides for lifting the restrictions and returning to normal life.”
He further termed the Sputnik V as “one of the simplest Covid vaccines within the world” as confirmed by data from Bahrain, Hungary, Mexico, Serbia, Argentina, San Marino, and other nations.
Recently, the planet Health Organisation (WHO) released a summary report of its preliminary findings during a visit to a Sputnik V vaccine filling site in Moscow of Moscow from May 31-June 4. The report detailed the identification of around six issues associated with the monitoring and control aseptic operation and filling of the vaccine, press agency PTI reported.
“Identified concerns with the implementation of an appropriate Environmental monitor program to watch and control the aseptic operation and filling of Gam-COVID-Vac,” the WHO said in its interim report.
The Sputnik V, which has thus far been registered in 67 countries worldwide with a complete population of quite 3.5 billion people, is awaiting a nod from the WHO. Earlier this month, Dmitriev told reporters that the approval from the general public health agency is predicted to return within two months.
Notably, India had approved Sputnik V for emergency use in April 2021 following “positive results of local Phase 3 clinical study,” the official Twitter account of the vaccine stated.
At the time, India had become the 60th nation to offer a nod to the vaccine. Dr Reddy’s laboratories engaged with the RDIF earlier this year to roll out the primary 125 million people doses of Sputnik V (250 million vials) across India. it's also received a minimum of 3 million doses of the Russian vaccine, which is that the third vaccine to possess received approval from the Drug Controllers General of India (DCGI) besides Serum Institute of India’s (SII) Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin.
