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Philippines approves emergency use of Russia's Sputnik Light vaccine

Philippine authorities announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first country in Southeast Asia to approve this single-dose vaccine.
Philippines approves emergency use of Russia's Sputnik Light vaccine ảnh 1Sputnik Light vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Institute. (Photo: AFP/ VNA)
Manila (VNA) - Philippine authorities announced that theFood and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the emergency useof Russia's Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first country in Southeast Asia to approve thissingle-dose vaccine.

Head of the Philippine government's vaccine distribution programme,Carlito Galvez, added that the country will order 10 million doses of theSputnik Light vaccine. The government also expects vaccine manufacturers toincrease vaccine deliveries in September and October.

Sputnik Light is the 9th vaccine approved by the Philippineauthorities for emergency use, alongside vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna,Johnson & Johnson, Sinovac and Sinopharm. The Philippine government hasaffirmed that vaccination against COVID-19 plays a key role in economicrecovery of the Southeast Asian country.

The Philippines used to be one of the fastest growing economies inAsia before the pandemic, but its GDP fell a record 9.6 percent in 2020. Todate, 17.26 million out of a total of 110 million people in the Philippineshave been fully vaccinated.

Sputnik Light was also licensed for emergency use by two other countries,Mongolia and Kazakhstan.
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) recentlyannounced that the Sputnik Light vaccine, developed by the country's GamaleyaInstitute, was effective in protecting up to 93.5 percent in trials in Paraguay./.

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