Russia's Sputnik vaccine 'as reliable as a Kalashnikov assault rifle' says Vladimir Putin
President Vladimir Putin insisted Russia's homegrown coronavirus vaccine was as “reliable as a Kalashnikov assault rifle”, as the country’s health officials authorised a single-dose version of the Sputnik V jab, dubbed Sputnik Light.
President Vladimir Putin insisted Russia's homegrown coronavirus vaccine was as “reliable as a Kalashnikov assault rifle”, as the country’s health officials authorised a single-dose version of the Sputnik V jab, dubbed Sputnik Light.
Sputnik V, which in February was revealed to be 92 per cent effective, has been approved for emergency use in 64 countries but has yet to be authorised in the European Union.
Apart from Sputnik V, Russia has also developed and registered two other coronavirus vaccines but their clinical data have not been through a stringent peer review as Sputnik’s.
“Our vaccines draw from technology and platforms that have been in operation for decades,” Putin told a video conference with top Russian officials in charge of the pandemic response.
“They are as reliable as a Kalashnikov assault rifle as one European specialist said.”
Mr Putin was referring to comments made by an Austrian doctor back in February.
"Sputnik V is like a Kalashnikov rifle, a Russian rifle: simple, reliable and effective," Florian Thalhammer, from the Medical University of Vienna, reportedly told Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung.
While the vaccine’s efficacy data has been good, there have been questions about quality control during production. In April, officials in Slovakia said that a batch of doses the country had received did not match those sent to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or elsewhere and that Russia failed to provide enough data on the jab.
Despite not yet being approved for use by the EMA, some EU countries have ordered it anyway, including Hungary, while Italy has signed a deal to manufacture the jab domestically.
Slovakia’s prime minister was forced to resign after secretly ordering two million doses.
The Sputnik V and Sputnik Light vaccines, like the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson jabs, use a genetically modified common cold virus to deliver the gene of the coronavirus to the body.
The developers of Sputnik Light argue that the single-dose vaccine provides sufficient protection at least for the short term and can serve as a significant tool against the pandemic.
Sputnik V is widely available in Russia, especially in urban centres like Moscow and St Petersburg, but the uptake has been sluggish: only about 10 per cent of Russians have received at least one dose of the jab by early May.
Russia on Friday recorded 8,386 new coronavirus cases and 376 new deaths as the country has yet to hit a third wave of infection.
Reference: The Telegraph: Nataliya Vasilyeva
No thoughts on “Russia's Sputnik vaccine 'as reliable as a Kalashnikov assault rifle' says Vladimir Putin”
Articles - Most Read
- Home
- LIVER DIS-EASE AND GALL BLADDER DIS-EASE
- Contacts
- African Wholistics - Medicines, Machines and Ignorance
- African Holistics - Seduced by Ignorance and Research
- African Wholistics -The Overlooked Revolution
- The Children of the Sun-3
- Kidney Stones-African Holistic Health
- PART ONE: DIS-EASE TREATMENT AND HEALTH-3
- 'Tortured' and shackled pupils freed from Nigerian Islamic school
- The Serpent and the RainBow-The Jaguar - 2
- PART ONE: DIS-EASE TREATMENT AND HEALTH-2
- PART ONE: DIS-EASE TREATMENT AND HEALTH-4
- PART ONE: DIS-EASE TREATMENT AND HEALTH-5
- King Leopold's Ghost - Introduction
- African Wholistics - Medicine
- Menopause
- PART ONE: DIS-EASE TREATMENT AND HEALTH-6
- The Mystery System
- The Black Pharaohs Nubian Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
Who's On Line?
We have 74 guests and no members online
Ad Agency Remote
Articles - Latest
- Ask A Nutrition Professional: How Do I Prepare Yellow Squash?
- The anti-ageing benefits of eating protein
- New analysis of cancer cells identifies 370 targets for smarter, personalized treatments
- Pattypan Squash: Nutrition Professionals Weigh In on the Right Amount.
- Ways to manage chronic pain
- The more fertile you are, the sooner you may die — study Story by Fred Schwaller
- You stand like an overcooked prawn!’ Why bad posture is the key to back pain – and 10 ways to improve yours
- Do Yams Have Carbohydrates?
- Cardiac-a-vest! Remarkable garment could save lives by predicting heart attack risk
- Inflammation-Busting Foods: A Review by Nutrition Professionals
- Dermatologist's insight on shower frequency without harming skin
- Meat is crucial for human health, scientists warn
- How dangerous are interactions between herbal medicines and prescribed drugs?
- The definitive guide to BMI, and how much you should really pay attention to it
- The nightly ritual that could improve memory and brain health, according to scientists
- Hyacinth Bean: How Nutritionists Rate Its Nutrients, Health Effects, And More
- Top healthiest fruits with anti-inflammatory properties
- Vitamin B12 deficiency symptoms: How to spot the signs in your feet
- Dehydration may be as bad 'as smoking' for veins - how much water you need to avoid stroke