The position of the German government on the possible use of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine remains unchanged, for this registration with the European Medicines Agency is required.

Russia has registered the world's first and only vaccine against COVID-19 for animals "Karnivak-Kov".

Criticism of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine may have led the firm to focus on a different name, and the vaccine may now increasingly appear under the new name Vaxzevria.