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20 countries apply for 1 billion doses of new Russian covid-19 vaccine despite global scepticism

By alternativeafrica
August 12, 2020
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London, August 12, 2020 (AltAfrica)– Russia has received “preliminary applications” from 20 countries for more than 1bn doses of the new Russian vaccine, despite global scepticism about the thoroughness and efficacy of the vaccine

The Russian vaccine, named Sputnik, was developed by the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow and financed by Russia’s sovereign wealth fund © REUTERS

Russia has also inked agreements with five countries to produce 500m doses a year. Trials of the vaccine are set to take place in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines

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Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte said in a speech that he had accepted an offer from Russia to supply his country with free Covid-19 vaccines once mass production began. “When the vaccine arrives, in public, so no one will doubt, I will get injected,” he said. “If it’s OK with me, it’s OK with everyone.

Russia became the first country to grant regulatory approval to a vaccine against Covid-19, with mass production and immunisation of key workers to begin in the next few weeks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin

The move, the first time a Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for civilian use, comes after just two months of human trials and underscores Moscow’s desire to rush the vaccine through testing and trial procedures at breakneck speed in an attempt to beat western pharmaceutical companies.

In spite of the breakthrough, Some experts cast doubt on Moscow’s ability to develop a safe and effective inoculation so quickly

“This morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the coronavirus infection has been registered,” announced President Vladimir Putin at a televised meeting with government officials on Tuesday.

“I know that it works quite effectively, it forms a stable immunity. I repeat: it has passed all the necessary tests,” he said, adding that his own daughter had already been given the vaccine.

Vaccinations of medical workers could begin as soon as this month, said Russian officials.

But western experts have cast doubt on the Russian claims, questioning Russia’s ability to develop and approve a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine even more quickly than projects in Europe, China and the US that are proceeding at full speed.

They also criticised Russian regulators and vaccine developers for failing to make scientific and technical information available for independent assessment.

“Everyone else in the world is publishing details of their vaccines and clinical trial protocols but it has been very hard to find out much about the Russian vaccine,” said Danny Altmann, professor of immunology at Imperial College London. “We need a completely open, global assessment of different vaccine candidates.”

The Russian vaccine, which will be marketed with the name Sputnik V, was developed by the state-run Gamaleya Institute in Moscow and financed by Russian Direct Investment Fund. It was developed using the same technology as previous vaccines developed by the institute to combat Ebola and Mers.

Trials of the vaccine will continue even as it begins to be distributed to the public, the government said.

Vaccinations for medical workers are expected to begin at the end of the month or in early September, according to Tatiana Golikova, deputy prime minister.

But Eleanor Riley, professor of immunology at Edinburgh university, said: “There is a big difference between a large vaccine trial, with careful and frequent follow up of all vaccinated individuals, and deployment of a vaccine to the general public.

“The current messaging from Russia is very unclear as to which of these two deployments — a large phase 3 clinical trial or mass vaccination of the general public — is being proposed,” she said.

Alex Azar, US secretary of health and human Services, also challenged the Russian announcement. “The point is not to be first with the vaccine, the point is to have a vaccine that is safe and effective for the American people and the people of the world,” he said in a television interview. “We need transparent data and it’s got to be phase three data that shows that the vaccine is safe and effective.”

Kirill Dmitriev, head of RDIF, said western criticisms of Russia’s vaccine development were designed to “discredit and conceal the correctness” of Moscow’s research. “Instead of constantly attacking Russia . . . they would be better advised to enter into a constructive dialogue with us and provide their citizens in the near future with a high-quality and safe drug that actually saves lives and can halt the pandemic,” he said.

Moscow had previously vowed it would win the race to develop and approve an effective vaccine. The government has ripped up typical rules for the length of trials in an attempt to get the vaccine ready for use, as part of efforts to limit the pandemic’s damage on its economy.

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