16/03/2021
Sweden is in talks with the Russian Direct Investment Fund over the possibility of launching the production of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. The government’s coordinator for vaccination-related issues Richard Bergstrom said that Sweden would be able to purchase Sputnik V only after the vaccine was approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). If Sputnik V is approved in May, the first consignment of 200 000 doses of the Russian vaccine will be delivered to Sweden in June.
On March 4 the EMA said a procedure of step-by-step examination of Sputnik V had begun. Specialists would look into the vaccine’s compliance with the European Union’s standards in the field of security, effectiveness and quality.