translated from Spanish: Gamaleya Institute sues Brazil for spreading “false information” about Sputnik V

After Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) refused authorization to purchase the Sputnik V vaccine citing several “uncertainties” regarding the safety and efficacy of the immunist, the response from Russia soon arrived. Through a tweet posted on the official networks of the inocculant developed by the Gamaleya Institution, they disclosed that they made the decision to legally sue Anvisa for “intentionally spreading false and inaccurate information”.

Following the admission of Brazilian regulator Anvisa that it did not test Sputnik V vaccine, Sputnik V is undertaking a legal defamation proceeding in Brazil against Anvisa for knowingly spreading false and inaccurate information. — Sputnik V (@sputnikvaccine)
April 29, 2021

“Sputnik V is launching a defamation lawsuit in Brazil against Anvisa for intentionally disseminating false and inaccurate information,” they said from the social media of the COVID-19 vaccine. In the statement published on its website, they repudiate Anvisa’s decision to make statements “without having analyzed samples of the vaccine and without considering the official documents sent by the Gamaleya Institute on the absence of adenovirus”. In addition, they emphasize that Anvisa’s sayings are “at odds with the decision of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) which recognized the Sputnik V vaccine as safe and allowed its production in Brazil”.

The Sputnik V vaccine is more than 91.6% effective against coronavirus. Photo: Reuters.

After checking the effectiveness of its inoculant and comparing it with those produced by other laboratories that apply in various countries such as Argentina, Mexico and Hungary, they indicated that the Brazilian Supreme Court will review Anvisa’s statements e later this week.” The Sputnik V team will continue to work with the Brazilian government; with individual states; with our Brazilian partner Unicao Química, who is ready to launch large-scale production of the vaccine; as well as with all the other parties in Brazil to save lives. The Sputnik V team believes that constructive cooperation between countries without politics getting involved will help the world defeat the pandemic,” they said.
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