“The registration of the drug was carried out within the framework of an emergency use authorization (EUA).

Thus, Sputnik V was registered by 42 countries with a total population of over 1.1 billion people, ”the fund said.

They added that "Sputnik V" is one of the three world vaccines against coronavirus in terms of the number of approvals received by government regulators.

Earlier, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam allowed the use of "Sputnik V".

As Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko noted, some countries showing interest in the Russian vaccine are ready to limit themselves to national certification of the drug.