Members of a scientific and technical committee for biological safety at Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) have recognized Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine as safe, the committee’s head Paulo Barroso said.
"This is the third COVID-19 vaccine, which we are reviewing <...> and we have unanimously come to a conclusion that it is safe," the scientist said during the ministry’s live broadcast on Twitter.
Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has not approved the use of Russia’s vaccine so far. The regulator explains the delay with considering the request for registering Sputnik V by the lack of the full package of documents for the drug, TASS reported.
