According to Unicef data, Russia delivered in 2021 less than 80 million doses of vaccines, tanto de Sputnik V como Sputnik Light, to the countries to which they had been offered.
The country had proposed to export the drug for about 500 million people, “but have been affected by delays in production and delivery”, according to a publication of France 24.
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Despite the fact that the sponsors of Sputnik V have assured for months that the approval of that mark by the World Health Organization (WHO) o The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is imminent, it is still not endorsed, which keeps the Russian vaccine “in no man’s land”, the article says.
“Although some Russian media have blamed the West, the truth is that Russia has not yet provided all the information requested by the WHO to certify the Sputnik V vaccine, the country’s flagship”, says France 24.
“It is true that still Some of the information necessary for certification has not been submitted. We had a different idea of what information was needed and how it should be sent,” admitted Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov.
The Russian Ministry of Health prpresented its vaccine against covid-19 in August 2020. It was released to the world as the first registered vaccine against the coronavirus. However, the current situation is a setback for Russia.
Another aspect that stands out France 24, is that the Sputnik V vaccine has been unpopular even among the Russian population. Proof of this is that the Government postponed a law that stipulated the mandatory use of covid certificates of the vaccine in public places.
This is also reflected in the acceptance of the vaccination day in Russia. According to the article, only 47.6 of the population has been vaccinated, resulting in some 29,230 coronavirus infections per day and some 686 daily deaths in a country already overwhelmed by the presence of the omicron variant.
“Russia admitted that it recorded its deadliest month in decades in October, with the total number of excess deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic surpassing 810,000.
Moscow, the Russian capital, does not escape high rates of infection. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has warned that within 7 to 10 days they will face a situation but than the previous waves.
Dropper delivery in Guatemala
The acquisition of the Russian vaccine was not without controversy in Guatemala, starting with a dubious contract of which the Government hides details until now.
Guatemala quickly received the last lots of Sputnik V vaccine at the end of 2021 after eight months of signing the first contract.
The purchase of Russian vaccines by Guatemala was finalized in April 2021 for an amount of US$160 million (Q614.5 million) in exchange for 16 million doses.
However, the terms of the contract between the two nations were reduced by 50% after Guatemala expressed his discomfort in June due to the slow arrival of vaccines to the country.
In a dropper delivery, 20 shipments were needed so that finally on December 30 last the 8 million doses of vaccines will be completed.
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