Tag: Brazil bans Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine due to carrying live cold virus

Health regulators in Brazil announced the country’s intention to ban Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine after they said they found traces of the live common cold-causing virus in the drug, reports said. Angela Rasmussen, the country’s top virologist, told the AFP that the discovery raises concerns about the “integrity of the manufacturing process.” Her agency said in a statement…