Simao said "Inspections have been postponed to a later date"The assessment and inspections were affected by the situation.
She explained that booking flights was difficult and that there were problems with credit cards "And some other operational problems".
Western countries largely closed their airspace to Russian aircraft after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Extensive sanctions were imposed on Russian financial institutions.
Simao said "This has been discussed with the Russians, and new dates will be set as soon as possible".
The World Health Organization has been evaluating the Russian Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use authorization since last year.
The authorization will allow the purchase of Sputnik V as part of the UN-backed Kovacs Mechanism’s efforts to distribute vaccines worldwide.
A recent study published in the Lancet in 2020 with more than 20,000 participants found that Sputnik V is 91% safe and effective against infection and highly effective in preventing people from developing severe symptoms with COVID-19.
But last October, the South African Medicines Regulatory Authority rejected the vaccine, citing some safety concerns that the Russian manufacturer was unable to respond to.
South African officials said they are concerned that the technology used in the Sputnik V vaccine may not be safe in populations with high rates of HIV infection.
The European Medicines Agency said its evaluation of Sputnik V was continuing. The vaccine has been given the green light in more than 70 countries, while no major safety problems have been detected so far.
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Mariangela Simao, an WHO vaccine expert, said: global health In a press conference, UN health officials were due to visit Russia on March 7 – just weeks into the war – to assess the facilities where it is produced.Sputnik in“.
“The inspections have been postponed to a later date,” Simao said, while the assessment and inspections were affected by the situation.
She explained that booking flights was difficult and that there were credit card issues “and some other operational issues.”
Western countries largely closed their airspace to Russian aircraft after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Extensive sanctions were imposed on Russian financial institutions.
“This matter has been discussed with the Russians, and new dates will be set as soon as possible,” Simao said.
The World Health Organization has been evaluating the Russian Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use authorization since last year.
The authorization will allow the purchase of Sputnik V as part of the UN-backed Kovacs Mechanism’s efforts to distribute vaccines worldwide.
A recent study published in the Lancet in 2020 with more than 20,000 participants found that Sputnik V is 91% safe and effective against infection and highly effective in preventing people from developing severe symptoms with COVID-19.
But last October, the South African Medicines Regulatory Authority rejected the vaccine, citing some safety concerns that the Russian manufacturer was unable to respond to.
South African officials said they are concerned that the technology used in the Sputnik V vaccine may not be safe in populations with high rates of HIV infection.
The European Medicines Agency said its evaluation of Sputnik V was continuing. The vaccine has been given the green light in more than 70 countries, while no major safety problems have been detected so far.