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Russia: No deaths from Sputnik-V vaccine have been reported

No deaths have been reported from vaccination coronavirus with the Sputnik-V vaccine, said on Friday (19/11) the deputy director of the Gamaley Institute of Russia, which is behind the preparation, Denis Logunov.

“It simply came to our notice then not a single incident (death) which the committee has examined and concluded to be related to vaccination.

In addition, in Argentina “5 million doses were used and no… deaths have been reported there,” Logunov said during the 3rd conference of cardiologists in Moscow, according to TASS. He added, however, that “we have independent expert centers in Hungary and Argentina, which exist in different countries “, and which contribute to the monitoring of side effects.

It is recalled that the Russian vaccine Sputnik-V was approved in Russia on August 11, 2020 and was the first vaccine against the coronavirus approved in the world. It is currently approved in 70 countries with a total population of up to 4 billion inhabitants, according to the same source.

THE The European Medicines Agency (EMA), for its part, has announced that the certification process has begun. of the Russian Sputnik-V vaccine.

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