Quote from: Sithara007 on Today at 03:30:13 AM

Quote from: Ultegra134 on July 28, 2021, 07:02:32 PM

I've seen similar responses from Russian members, however, I haven't understood why. Are Russians skeptical of the Sputnik V vaccine, or vaccines in general? Is Russia offering other vaccines, such as Moderna, Pfizer or Johnson? Unfortunately, such percentages are depressing and will lead to further austerity measures to tackle the pandemic the following winter.

Russians are offering other vaccines, but these are vaccines produced inside Russia (and those which are yet to complete their Phase III trials). One of them is EpiVacCorona from the Vector Research institute. CoviVac from the Chumakov Center is another vaccine that is being administered. And I don't think that it is possible to get a shot using the Pfizer, Moderna or Janssen vaccines, as they are not approved inside Russia. The ordinary Russians (those who can't afford to travel to EU to get vaccinated) have a difficult choice - either they need to take Sputnik V or the other local vaccines, or they need to remain unvaccinated. Many of them are opting for the latter.

In russia, only Sputnik V and Sputnik Light, Kovivak and Epivakkorona are allowed. For normalization - none of them have been approved by the WHO yet.

List of vaccines approved by WHO
Moderna, Pfizer / BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Covishield, Sinovac.

Vaccines approved by WHO, banned for import in russia.