Russian President Vladimir Putin on January 13 praised the Sputnik V vaccine as the best in the world, and instructed Russian officials to begin vaccinating the entire population from next week.

"Thank Go‌d our vaccines do not require special conditions during transportation. This makes the vaccine (dispensing process) simpler and more efficient," said President Putin, comparing with other vaccines developed by the West.

Putin said Russia needs to "get ready the relevant infrastructure" to boost vaccine production. Russia is touting other countries to buy vaccines made by it with the advantages of being cheap and easy to transport.

"I am asking to begin a large-scale vaccination of the entire population from next week," Putin directed officials during a government meeting to be broadcast on television.

During the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova told Putin that a large-scale vaccination would be ready from January 18.

Russia started to inject Sputnik V vaccine to health workers in early December 2020, although the vaccine developed by Russia is still in the final clinical trial stage.

With praise for the effectiveness of the Sputnik V vaccine as well as the boost in its exports, it may take Moscow time to think about the possibility of licensing the US Pfizer vaccine and Germany’s BioNTech to collaborate on development.

Recently, the Pfizer vaccine said it was considering the possibility of applying for its vaccine license in Russia.

"We continue to work with international organizations and governments around the world to distribute vaccines, to provide quick access to the groups of people most in need of vaccines as recommended by health authorities. "- this company representative information.

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer almost chose to apply for this vaccine in Russia but could not anticipate the consideration of the Moscow government.

So far, the Russian vaccine has received the attention of many countries around the world with less reported side effects and allergy cases, and the price is also much softer than the "candidate. vaccine "comes from Europe.

WHO representative in Russia Melita Vujnovic recently expressed his confidence that the Russian Sputnik V vaccine may soon receive the approval of the World Health Organization (WHO) to be included in the list of vaccines recommended by the organization. Recommended countries to use.

Currently, in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, North America and Latin America, there are countries choosing to buy Russian vaccines. There are countries negotiating to produce Russian vaccines in their own countries to meet the large domestic demand.