Medicines production

The Hungarian authorities have compared the cost of the Russian and Chinese vaccines against coronavirus.

In case of transmission of the virus from person to person, a vaccine against bird flu can be created in Russia within 5-6 months.

The Prime Minister of Slovakia Igor Matovic by purchasing the Russian Sputnik V vaccine hopes not only to improve the fight against coronavirus, but also to raise his rating, using the high authority of Russian science and the pro-Russian sentiments of a significant part of the country's population.

The Danish authorities are suspending the use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine due to reports of possible blood clots after vaccinations, the Danish Health Authority said.

The Japanese Ministry of Health announced that the country had recorded the first case of anaphylaxis after vaccination with the American company Pfizer.

EU member states should not conduct parallel negotiations for the supply of vaccines against coronavirus with manufacturers who have centralized procurement contracts on behalf of the European Commission, but they have every right to independently purchase vaccines from other manufacturers.

A package of five tests will cost 25 euros, and one customer will be able to purchase only one package.

Italy will send two inspectors to Russia to check the manufacturing enterprises of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine.

British Permanent Representative to the UN Barbara Woodward believes it is important for Russia to cooperate with COVAX in the context of the common fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Indian doctors do not want to be vaccinated with the Covaxin coronavirus vaccine developed in India, at the moment about 11% of people who have been vaccinated with it.

The Dutch authorities should contact Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree on the supply of the Russian vaccine against the Sputnik V coronavirus to the country. This opinion was expressed by the deputy of the Dutch parliament.

South Korea is another country that has decided not to vaccinate senior citizens with the vaccine company AstraZeneca.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) applied for registration of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in the European Union on January 29. The fund's announcement about this was published by Interfax on 9 February.

The head of the Austrian Ministry of Health, Rudolf Anschober, speaking about the possible registration of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine in the EU, said that he would be happy with any vaccine that successfully passed the examination of the European Medical Agency.

In Lithuania, the patient of the Marijampole hospital was injected with five doses of the coronavirus vaccine by mistake of doctors. The director of the medical institution Mantas Chesna notes that nothing bad happened to the woman.