Germany will side-step EU and negotiate directly for Russia’s Sputnik V jab to salvage its faltering vaccination program Jens Spahn thought to have told EU ministers he will begin jab talks with Russia Comes after EU Commission said it would not enter preliminary negotiations Talks will establish how many jabs Russia can supply and … Read more
Germany will side-step EU and negotiate directly for Russia’s Sputnik V jab to salvage its faltering vaccination program Jens Spahn thought to have told EU ministers he will begin jab talks with Russia Comes after EU Commission said it would not enter preliminary negotiations Talks will establish how many jabs Russia can supply and … Read more
EU is investigating claims Russia’s Sputnik V trials contravened ethical and scientific standards and test subjects were ‘forced to take part’ European Medicines Agency will probe whether ‘volunteers’ were pressured to take part in Sputnik V vaccine trials in Russia Comes after texts were uncovered showing boss of government office berating his staff for failing … Read more
Argentina’s president reveals he has tested positive for Covid – despite getting the Russian Sputnik V jab in January Alberto Fernández’s diagnosis was confirmed with a PCR test over the weekend He has had both doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, one in January and February Sputnik developer Russia’s Gamaleya Institute has insisted the jab … Read more
The EU has embroiled itself in yet another row with a vaccine-maker – this time in Russia – after a senior official at the bloc’s medical regulator warned using its Sputnik V jab is ‘like playing Russian roulette’. Christa Wirthumer-Hoche, an Austrian doctor and head of the European Medicines Agency’s board, made the remark on … Read more
Germany is set to open up the AstraZeneca vaccine to over-65s in a major U-turn to revive its faltering vaccine programme – as the EU today looked for another lifeline by beginning the approval process for Russia’s Sputnik V jab. Five weeks after blocking the AstraZeneca shot for older people, German regulators will submit their … Read more
Vladimir Putin has REFUSED to get the Sputnik V Covid vaccine and only said he ‘could’ get the jab later this year – insisting he won’t ‘monkey around doing it in front of cameras’ Putin rejected suggestions he should get the vaccine now to boost public takeup He said he might get the Sputnik V … Read more
Moscow on Saturday began vaccinating workers at high risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus at newly opened clinics across the city. Health officials said they had opened 70 coronavirus vaccine centres in the Russian capital that would initially offer jabs for health, education and social workers. The Russian vaccine being used – Sputnik V … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his government to start mass vaccination against coronavirus from next week, with sailors, doctors and teachers among the first to get the nation’s own jab. Sputnik V has been touted in Russia as the world’s ‘first registered Covid-19 vaccine’ after it received regulatory approval in early August. However, giving the … Read more
Twitter adds labels to state-controlled media outlets like China Daily and Sputnik in a bid to combat foreign influence and misinformation on its platform Twitter announced it is adding labels to state-controlled media outlets Labels are applied to accounts from the countries of the UN Security Council This includes China, France, Russian Federation, the UK and … Read more