TASS informs about this with reference to the Russian Embassy in Lao PDR.

“Today, the Lao PDR Ministry of Health hosted a ceremony for the delivery of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine.

Laos has joined the number of countries in the world that have decided to use the Russian vaccine in the fight against coronavirus infection, ”the diplomatic mission said.

Earlier, the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention approved the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine as part of an accelerated procedure.

In October 2020, the head of the laboratory of the state collection of viruses at the V.I. Gamalei Inna Dolzhikova, in an interview with URA.RU, spoke about the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19.