The coronavirus vaccine developed by Russia is named "Sputnik V" (V for vaccine), after the Soviet satellite, the first spacecraft to be sent into Earth orbit, the president of a fund involved in vaccine development said.
More than one billion doses have been pre-ordered by 20 foreign countries, said Kirill Dmitriyev, and specified that the third phase of trials begins tomorrow, and the start of industrial production of the vaccine is scheduled for September.
President Vladimir Putin announced that the world's first vaccine against covid-19 was registered in Russia today.
At a video meeting with the Government, which was broadcast live by Russia-24 TV, Putin said: "As far as I know, this morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus was registered."
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On July 20, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that it had completed clinical trials of the vaccine it developed together with the Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.
The president of the fund, Dimitriyev, condemned the "coordinated media attacks against the Russian vaccine" which are trying to discredit the Russian approach due to "political differences".
"The politicized approach to the Russian vaccine by a number of Western countries endangers the lives of their citizens. Instead of constantly criticizing Russia, which will be the first country in the world to register a vaccine against the coronavirus, it would be better for them to engage in a constructive dialogue with us," Dimitrijev said. .
Referring to the name of the vaccine after the satellite, Dimitrijev expressed the desire for cooperation with the USA, as during the Soyuz-Apollo mission, during the 1970s.
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