Russia donates 100,000 Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam
Thursday, 17:31, 23/12/2021
VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has requested the Ministry of Health to work closely alongside competent agencies in order to receive 100,000 Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the Russian Government.
The Health Ministry will co-ordinate with the Russian side to speed up the licensing of the Sputnik Light vaccine in Vietnam.
Sputnik Light is a single dose COVID-19 vaccine that has been developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Russia. It is said to be 79.4% effective against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
One injection of Sputnik Light “significantly reduces the possibility of severe cases leading to hospitalization,” said the Russian Direct Investment Fund that backed the development of the vaccine.