The European Parliament recalled the effectiveness of "Sputnik V"

So, in a request under the heading "Emergency registration and purchase of the Sputnik V vaccine," Ortefeu mentioned the February publication of the authoritative scientific journal The Lancet.

Then the material said that, according to the data obtained as a result of the research, the effectiveness of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine was 91.6%.

On March 4, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) began an examination of the registration dossier of Sputnik V.

Moscow applied for registration of the vaccine in the EU in February, the MEP recalled.

At the same time, he noted that a number of European countries have by now concluded agreements on the production of a vaccine created by Russian specialists.

“Production agreements have been concluded with Italy, France, Spain and Germany.

Due to the slow pace of vaccine supplies, which the European Commission agreed on, the Russian vaccine, approved in 54 countries (by the time of publication, the number of such countries had increased to 57. -

), have already been ordered by Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on March 19 that Germany is ready to order the Sputnik V vaccine even if the EU does not register it, ”Ortefeo said.

At the same time, as noted by the MP, European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton said recently that the European Union “does not need Sputnik V”.

The politician made such a statement against the backdrop of the fact that "significant delays in the supply" of vaccines are taking place in Europe and "cases of infection" with coronavirus are becoming more frequent, Ortefeo stressed.

Taking into account the above, the MEP turned to the EC with a question whether they agree with Breton's statement.

He also asked when to expect the EMA's decision on the Russian vaccine.

"Is the timing of the introduction of the vaccine (" Sputnik V "-

) in circulation under consideration?

Or, after the words of European Commissioner Breton, this process was stopped? "

Ortefeo asked.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova assessed Breton's statement.

In particular, the diplomat expressed the hope that the attitude of the European Commission towards Sputnik V would not affect the pace of consideration of the application submitted by Russia for registration of the EMA vaccine.