Dmitry Medvedev. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 28 Any country that produces a vaccine against COVID-19 should have the right to be recognized by the WHO, which today does not have sufficient authority in the issue of mutual recognition of vaccines — therefore, a serious international agreement is needed here, Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, considers. «I consider mutual recognition of vaccines absolutely necessary … I believe that any country that produces a vaccine, even if it is not very strong, even if it does not provide highly effective protection, has the right to obtain the necessary registration, obtain the necessary documents in WHO and create this pool of countries whose vaccines are mutually recognized. And then people can move freely, especially in the conditions of such strains that are now developing,» Medvedev said in an interview with RIA Novosti and other leading Russian media. He stressed that he did not specialist and has no right to give any advice here, just trying to think rationally in this regard. The most important deputy chairman of the Security Council considers the fact that «a person is vaccinated.» «We understand that even vaccines that were considered very effective against, say, this current strain, do not work in the best way. We are all vaccinated, and yet all «All the same, all the risks, respectively, are present. Therefore, I think that the issue of mutual recognition of vaccines is extremely important. And here the role of the World Health Organization is important, which, so far, it seems to me, does not play this role, does not have the necessary powers in this area. And here , of course, a big, serious international agreement on this matter is needed,» Medvedev is convinced.
