While the Brazilian health agency opposed the importation of Sputnik V on Monday, believing it to lack data to ensure its safety and effectiveness, the designers of the Russian vaccine denounce a completely different reason.

"The delays of Anvisa (the health regulatory agency of Brazil, editor's note) in the approval of Sputnik V are unfortunately of a political nature and have nothing to do with access to information or science" , we read on the Twitter account of the Russian vaccine.

"The United States Department of Health, in its 2020 annual report several months ago, publicly stated that the United States health attache 'had persuaded Brazil to reject the Russian vaccine," the designers say. of the drug.

"Uncertainties" on the vaccine

The management of the Brazilian health agency followed the recommendation of its experts noting "uncertainties" about the vaccine, which has still not been approved by the health agencies of the European Union (EMA) and the United States. (FDA).

“Contacts will continue.

If there is not enough data, it will be provided.

There should be no doubt about it, ”Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said during his regular press briefing.

91.6% effective

Sputnik V is already used in several countries, besides Russia, such as Mexico, Argentina or Venezuela.

According to the Gamaleïa institute, which created this formula, it has already been authorized by more than 60 countries.

In February, the prestigious medical journal The Lancet reported that the vaccine was 91.6% effective, dispelling doubts about its reliability.

In an attempt to speed up their vaccination plans, a dozen states in the North and North-East of Brazil signed contracts with the Russian Sovereign Fund (RDIF), which financed the development of Sputnik V, to acquire more than 30 million doses.

The federal government has ordered 10 million.

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