Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to instruct the ministries of health of the G20 countries to work out as soon as possible the issue of mutual recognition of national vaccine certificates. This was announced by videoconference during his speech at the G20 summit.
Putin stressed that all countries in need still cannot get access to vaccines, this is due to “unfair competition, protectionism and the unpreparedness of a number of states for mutual recognition of vaccines.”
Also, according to the president, there is an acute issue of accelerating WHO “the process of prequalification of new vaccines and drugs, that is, assessing their quality, safety and effectiveness.”
“According to experts, the coronavirus will pose a danger for a long time – I think that WHO representatives will say more about this,” and given the fact that this virus continues to mutate, we should develop mechanisms for a systemic, prompt update of vaccines, “Putin said. recalling that Russia was the first in the world to register a vaccine against COVID-19, and the drug has already been approved in 70 countries.
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