Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country claims to have developed effective vaccines against the coronavirus, called on the BRICS to unite on Tuesday, November 17 to mass produce them, without detailing the commercial terms of such a proposal.
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Russian vaccines exist, they are effective and safe.
The question that remains is that of their mass production
”, declared Vladimir Poutine during an online summit of the countries constituting the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa).
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It is important here to combine efforts for the mass production of these products,
" he added.
The Russian president clarified that his country had already signed agreements with Brazil and India to conduct clinical trials of the Sputnik V vaccine, the first to have been announced by Russia and developed by the research center Gamaleïa from Moscow.
He also underlined the existence of an agreement with China and India to “
open production centers for our vaccine in these countries, not only for their own needs, but also for third countries
”.
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Russia claims 92% efficacy for its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, currently in phase 3 clinical trials.
If Moscow has so far been stingy regarding the scientific documentation of this vaccine against the backdrop of the global race for the development of an effective treatment against Covid-19, its creators assured at the beginning of the week that the research would be published. shortly “
in one of the world's leading peer-reviewed medical journals
”.
Russia submitted to the World Health Organization (WHO) at the end of October a request for prequalification of Sputnik V, named after the first artificial satellite in history designed by the Soviet Union, and with which several senior Russian officials claim to have already been vaccinated.