Moscow. Russia’s health ministry has registered the nasal version of its COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, which is said to be the world’s first nasal vaccine against the virus.
“The Russian Ministry of Health has registered the world’s first nasal vaccine against COVID-19, the nasal version of Sputnik V,” Sputnik V wrote on Twitter.
In January, Russian news agency Tass reported that a nasal vaccine against COVID-19 would be in civilian circulation and available to Russians in three to four months.
Gamleya Center director Alexander Gintsberg previously told the agency that it would be effective against the new Omicron coronavirus strain.
Meanwhile, a recent report said that the World Health Organization (WHO) has delayed the evaluation process for granting emergency use authorization to the Sputnik V vaccine in the wake of the Ukraine invasion.
According to a WHO official, the global health agency was forced to call off the assessment because it is impossible to book flights to Russia as Western countries closed their airspace to Russian planes after invading Ukraine on February 24. Is done.
—AnyTV News
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