“WHO highly appreciates the efforts that Russia has made to develop a vaccine against COVID-19, namely Sputnik V,” RIA Novosti Kluge quotes.
He stressed that the organization is grateful to Russia for its actions to create a safe and effective vaccine.
Earlier, the WHO representative in Russia Melita Vujnovich called the actions of the Russian authorities to counter the spread of coronavirus infection in the country unprecedented.
The WHO gave a forecast for the timing of large-scale vaccination against coronavirus.