"The Russians have the opportunity to get free vaccination against COVID-19 with one of the best vaccines -" Sputnik V "Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Gamaleya of the Ministry of Health of Russia", - quoted TASS Murashko.

According to him, "the intermediate results of the post-registration clinical study demonstrate its high efficiency and safety."

“And their publication in one of the leading medical peer-reviewed journals in the world speaks of both the highest quality of the research and the global interest in the Russian Sputnik V vaccine,” the minister added.

Earlier it was reported that the scientific journal The Lancet published the results of the third phase of clinical trials of the Russian vaccine against coronavirus infection COVID-19 "Sputnik V", confirming its high efficiency.

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