“The Sputnik V vaccine has proven to be safe and highly effective as one of the world's leading drugs for combating coronavirus,” he said.

Today "Sputnik V" is registered in 69 countries with a total population of more than 3.7 billion people, or about half of the world's population.

RDIF has signed agreements on the production of Russian vaccines with more than 20 leading manufacturers in 14 countries.

Earlier, the Minister of Health of Russia Mikhail Murashko said that "today the Sputnik V vaccine shows the most effective results in the prevention and control of the delta strain."

On August 11, 2020, the first publicly available vaccine against COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) of Russian production Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) was registered.

It was developed by the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Academician N.F.

Gamalei.

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