Russia ready to join COVAX
(VOVWORLD) - Russia is ready to participate in COVAX, a global mechanism to ensure fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, said Gennady Gatilov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva.
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Russia’s Izvestia News Agency quoted Gatilov as saying that Russia supports multilateral efforts to fight the pandemic, recognizes COVAX’s role as an important international channel for delivering COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries with weak health systems.
He said Russia is ready to strengthen cooperation with partners, including supplying vaccines, and is considering including the Sputnik-V vaccine in the COVAX program.
Russia has asked the WHO to approve Sputnik-V for the Emergency Use List (EUL).