Vujnovich noted that although the increase in mortality with omicron is much lower than with the delta strain, one should not be mistaken about the current trends. She stressed that Russia is at the peak of the epidemic and urged to “hold on.”
Earlier, a WHO representative said that the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) provided the international organization with all the documentation on the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. This is how she commented on the approval process of the Russian vaccine.