The Russian vaccine Sputnik V against COVID-19 it will be available for distribution to the France provided that «meets scientific standards» and to European «demands,» the French foreign minister said today Jean-Yves Lédrian.
«If Sputnik is approved and authorized by the European Medicines Agency and, in France, by the Supreme Health Authority, There is no obstacle to its distribution, provided that it meets the scientific standards and requirements imposed on the Europe», he said in an interview with the radio station Europe 1.
«Vaccines have no nationality.". »The important thing is to have a drug that works," the French foreign minister emphasized.
Yesterday, Tuesday, the German chancellor Angela Merkel She stated that she is open, under certain conditions, to the idea of using the Russian COVID-19 vaccine in Europe following the announcement of positive scientific results regarding its effectiveness, in order to accelerate the vaccination campaign.
The Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6% effective against the symptoms of COVID-19, According to the results published yesterday, Tuesday, by the medical journal The Lancet and were validated by independent experts.
