Russia expects WHO to approve Sputnik V vaccine within 2 months

A health worker prepares a dose of the Sputnik V vaccine against the COVID-19 to inoculate a person during a vaccination day promoted by the municipality and supported by the state government in Caracas, on May 29, 2021. (File/AFP)

ST PETERSBURG, Russia: Russia expects the World Health Organization (WHO) to approve the Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus within two months, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) which markets the vaccine, told Reuters.
He said the European Medicines Agency (EMA) which is also reviewing Sputnik V “was provided with all basic existing information, there is no critical remarks for now at all.”