Ampoules with the vaccine «Gam-Covid-Vac» («Sputnik V») from Covid-19 MOSCOW, Jan 5 The Russian Sputnik V vaccine will soon appear in Ethiopia, agreement at all levels has been reached, Ethiopian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Alemayeh Tegen told RIA Novosti. In the foreseeable future, the Russian vaccine will appear in Ethiopia. There is already agreement at all levels, so all that remains is to complete the necessary procedures, «the diplomat said. The ambassador added that the incidence of coronavirus in Ethiopia has already decreased by 6%, and the vaccination rate has reached 3.2%. — about 10 million people. «The situation is under control, and the new omicron strain has not been registered in Ethiopia. So everything is in order. Of course, there are still certain challenges, but our government is working very hard on the vaccination campaign,» said it. 
The Foreign Ministry commented on the possibility of recognition of «Sputnik V» WHO According to him, the coronavirus pandemic is not a big threat to Ethiopia, since the bulk of the population does not live in cities, but in rural areas, where the spread of the virus is not so high. A small percentage of vaccinations is also associated with this. As the diplomat emphasized, «3.2% of the population is already vaccinated, but we want to reach the figure of 20%.» «Most of Ethiopia's population lives in rural areas, and there is no pandemic. Only cities have this problem. So if we reach 20% of vaccinations, this will be enough,» the Ambassador of Ethiopia to the Russian Federation believes. «Sputnik V» was approved in 71 a country with a total population of 4 billion people, which is more than 50% of the world's population. Sputnik V ranks second in the world in terms of the number of approvals received by government regulators. The vaccine efficacy was 97.6% based on the analysis of data on 3.8 million vaccinated Russians, which is higher than the data previously published by the medical journal The Lancet (91.6%), the RDIF and the Gamaleya Research Center reported earlier. Data on the use of Sputnik V in the course of vaccination of the population in several countries demonstrate that Sputnik V is one of the safest and most effective vaccines against coronavirus, RDIF reported. Read the full text of the interview with Alemayeh Tegen & gt; & gt;
