Secret deal exposed a month ago involving Slovakia’s agreement to acquire 2 million doses of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine has plunged country into a crippling political crisis.

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Scientists gave Russia's Sputnik V vaccine the green light on Tuesday saying it was almost 92% effective in fighting COVID-19 based on peer-reviewed late-stage trial results ...

CARACAS, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Venezuela has received a shipment of the Russian-made Sputnik-V vaccine against the coronavirus, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Friday. The delivery is the first in ...

Egypt’s pharmaceutical company Minapharm and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) agreed on Thursday to manufacture over 40 million doses annually of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in ...

Prime Minister Igor Matovic has been embroiled in a political scandal triggered by a secret deal to buy Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. Slovakia's Prime Minister Igor Matović has formally ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has suspended the approval process for Russia's Sputnik V COVID vaccine. A regional WHO official said the manufacturing process of the jab had not met the necessary ...

According to deputy minister of health Marisela Bermudez, owing to the received vaccines, 70% of the country’s population was expected to get at least one doze of the vaccine before the end of the ...