The Ministry of Health increased the supply of Sputnik Light and Sputnik V to the regions

The Ministry of HEALTH sent additional volumes of Sputnik V and Sputnik Light vaccines to the regions due to an increase in the rate of vaccination. This was announced to journalists by the Deputy Minister of Health Oleg Gridnev.

“Currently, there is an active vaccination of the population against CORONAVIRUS infection. The Ministry of Health has sent additional volumes of Sputnik Light and Sputnik V vaccines to the regions,” he said.

"Sputnik V" is a two-component Russian vector vaccine from the Moscow Center. N.F. Gamaleya. As a vector, the preparation uses two different types of human adenovirus with an embedded fragment of the SARS-CoV-2 gene, which encodes the S-spike protein of the virus. it binds the virus to cell receptors.

Sputnik Light is an analogue of the first component of Sputnik V.