Invited from Europe 1, the research director at Inserm, Marie-Paule Kiény, affirms that the data of the Russian vaccine against the Covid-19, the Sputnik V, "seem convincing".

While the vaccine is still in phase three, Moscow launched a vaccination campaign on Saturday.

But for the specialist, Russia is not going too fast either. 

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Vaccination has already started in some countries.

In Russia, the city of Moscow inoculated part of its population on Saturday with the national vaccine against the coronavirus, Sputnik V. Caregivers, teachers at risk but also social workers, pregnant or breastfeeding women were invited to go to the hospital. one of the seventy dedicated centers opened in the Russian capital.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced on Friday that 5,000 people had registered within five hours of online registration opening.

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Data that seems convincing

Yet Sputnik V is still only in the third and final phase of clinical trials and tested with only 40,000 volunteers.

Launching a large-scale vaccination could therefore raise several questions, but not for Marie-Paule Kiény.

Invited from Europe 1 on Saturday, the president of the Covid-19 vaccine committee and research director at Inserm affirms: "the data of the Russian vaccine seem convincing from a point of view of efficacy."

And Marie-Paule Kiény knows what she is talking about, since she participated last week, that is to say a week before the start of the vaccination, "in a scientific and technical mission" in connection with the Sputnik V on the spot.

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Moscow is not going too fast

Moreover, for the one who is consequently one of the best French women to speak on the subject, Moscow is not going too fast.

"I think the data collected by Russia, which it still has to complete in the coming days, has persuaded the local regulatory authority and the government to start vaccination." 

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Like China or the United Kingdom, which should start vaccinations on Tuesday, Russia is therefore one of the first countries in the world to inoculate a vaccine against the coronavirus.

A strategy based on speed and the desire to "protect the population", recalls Marie-Paule Kiény.

But it is also explained by the health situation on site.

On Saturday, the day the operation began, Russia recorded 28,782 new infections in 24 hours, a new daily record, bringing the total to 2,431,731 cases since the start of the pandemic, placing the country in fourth place in the world in number of cases.