Pakistan is convinced of the effectiveness of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. This was announced on Wednesday, April 7, by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmud Qureshi during a press conference after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The broadcast was carried out on the social network Facebook.
According to Qureshi, Russia can be called an advanced country in terms of healthcare.
“The vaccine has been approved for use in our country, has shown good results, and we are confident in its effectiveness,” the minister added.
Medical workers and people over 50 can be vaccinated against COVID-19 in Pakistan. At present, the Russian Federation has supplied 50 thousand doses of the drug to the country, and the same amount of vaccine will be supplied in the near future.
Earlier on the same day, Lavrov announced that Russia is open to cooperation with other states on the production of vaccines against coronavirus infection on a transparent basis. As the politician added, vaccination of the population, aimed at combating COVID-19, remains one of the priorities.
The first coronavirus vaccine in Russia and the world was registered on August 11. The Sputnik V drug was developed by the specialists of the Gamaleya Center.
According to the results of the third phase of clinical trials of “Sputnik V” published by the journal Lancet, its effectiveness against coronavirus was 91.6% after analyzing data from 19,866 volunteers. The indicator among the group of volunteers over 60 years old was 91.8%. As a result of the studies, no serious side effects on the administration of the drug were revealed. The humoral immune response was developed in more than 98% of the volunteers.