Tokayev acknowledges the decisive role of "Sputnik V" in the fight against COVID-19 in Kazakhstan

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that Sputnik V, the Russian-made vaccine against COVID, played a key role in counteracting the spread of COVID-19 in Kazakhstan. The press service of the Kazakh leader informs about this.

He further thanked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for the assistance provided during the pandemic.

"The Sputnik V vaccine, one might say, played a decisive role in stopping the onset of COVID-19", Tokayev said during an informal summit of the CIS heads of state in St. Petersburg.