(Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
During a briefing conducted by the Committee on People’s Participation chaired by San Jose del Monte City Rep. Florida Robes, Russian embassy officials, together with Olivia Limpe-Aw, the local distribution partner Sputnik V manufacturers, also guaranteed cooperation in the submission of Philippine government requirements for the procurement of the vaccine.
Russian Embassy Minister Counselor Valdlen V. Epifanov and First Secretary (Trade) Vladislav S. Mongush were quick to assure lawmakers that state-run Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology will be able to meet the Philippines requirement for Sputnik V.
“The results of the clinical trial phase 3 conducted last year showed its very high safety and efficacy rate which has been recognized by the very respectable British Lancet medical journal. As far as its efficacy, it goes up to 91.6 percent and volunteers of 60 (years of age) and
Published February 18, 2021, 11:00 PM
After naming the Sputnik V as his personal choice for COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccine, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday said all is ready for the private sector to bring in the Russian-made vaccine to the Philippines.
In this file photo taken on December 30, 2020 a nurse prepares a dose of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) Covid-19 vaccine for a patient at a clinic in Moscow, as the country started its vaccination campaign for people aged 60 and over, to fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus. – Russia announced on January 11 that 1.5 million people around the world had received its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine as part of an initiative Kremlin critics have described as a geopolitical push. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)