During the conversation, he noted that "the data on Sputnik V are pretty good."

“The data that I know about Sputnik V is good enough.

I don't have enough information about the Chinese vaccine because they have two or three different vaccines.

So I didn’t closely monitor their performance, but the Russian data looks good, ”he said.

Fauci also added that he was not worried about the possible side effects of Western coronavirus vaccines.

“My concern is minimal.

I say this because tests conducted in the USA with M-RNA vaccines Pfizer and Moderna showed their effectiveness from 94 to 95% and minimal reactivity, "the infectious disease specialist emphasized.

Earlier it became known that the Russian drug "Sputnik V" rose to second place among vaccines against coronavirus in terms of the number of countries that approved its use, overtaking the vaccine from Pfizer / BioNtech.