Russia’s RDIF expects WHO to approve Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine by October

Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) which markets the vaccine, told India Today that the WHO is expected to approve the Sputnik V vaccine in September-October.

The World Health Organisation is likely to approve the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V in September-October, Kirill Dmitriev of the Russian Direct Investment Fund told India Today. While Russia's Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology has developed the vaccine, the RDIF is marketing it globally.