Australia recognizes Sputnik V to confirm vaccination status

"Today, the TGA determined that another COVID-19 vaccine, the Gamaleya Institute's two-dose vaccine course (&# 34;Sputnik V", Russian Federation) will "recognized" for purposes of determining a traveler's vaccination status",» the Therapeutic Goods Authority of Australia (TGA) website said in a statement

Last week, the Australian regulator received additional information, in particular that the vaccine «provides protection» and also reduces the likelihood of transmission of coronavirus to other people. The study data was provided by the Russian authorities with the assistance of the Australian Embassy in Moscow. The Russian Ministry of Health registered Sputnik V, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Medicine, in August 2020, this drug became the world's first vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19.The WHO said that Russia has provided all the documentation for Sputnik V. Sputnik V has been approved in 71 countries with a total population of four billion people — more than 50% of the world's population. In terms of the number of approvals received by state regulators, this Russian drug ranks second in the world. The effectiveness of the vaccine was 97.6% based on the analysis of data from 3.8 million vaccinated Russians — this is higher than the information previously published in the medical journal The Lancet (91.6 %). Data on the use of Sputnik V during vaccination of the population in some countries demonstrate that the development is one of the safest and most effective against coronavirus, RDIF reported. Vaccination remains the most reliable way to protect against coronavirus. According to the head of the Russian Ministry of Health Mikhail Murashko, the share of vaccinated among seriously ill COVID-19 is less than 0.03 percent, while the vast majority of patients in hospitals are unvaccinated. At the end of September, the WHO announced the connection between mortality from SARS-CoV-2 and the refusal of preventive immunization. with revaccination