The Minister of Health of Belarus Dmitry Pinevich was vaccinated with the Russian drug “Sputnik V”, which was produced at the Belarusian enterprise RUE “Belmedpreparaty”.
“The first vaccine against coronavirus “Sputnik V”, which was produced at RUE “Belmedpreparaty”, was inoculated by Minister of Health Dmitry Pinevich”, – the press service of the department said.
Pinevich noted that the Russian vaccine against coronavirus “Sputnik V” “is ideal in terms of quality, safety and price parameter compared to those currently on the markets”.
Earlier it was reported that the Belarusian pharmaceutical company Belmedpreparaty plans to produce up to 500 thousand doses of the Sputnik V vaccine monthly.
Sputnik V was developed by the Gamaleya Research Center for Electrochemistry and became the world’s first registered vaccine against coronavirus infection. Sputnik V is based on a well-studied adenoviral platform that provides high efficiency and safety.