Коронавирус, ты кто такой, давай до свидания!

Kirill Dmitriev, RDIF: “Australia joined over 100 other countries, including most recently Israel & Saudi Arabia, that accept travelers, vaccinated with Sputnik V, one of the world’s safest and most efficient vaccines against #COVID, including its #Omicron variant.”

Власти Австралии признали две прививки российской вакцины "Спутник V" в качестве основания для подтверждения статуса вакцинации.

"Сегодня TGA определило, что еще одна вакцина от COVID-19, двухдозовый курс вакцины Института Гамалеи ("Спутник V", Российская Федерация) будет "признана" в целях установления статуса вакцинации путешественника", — говорится в заявлении на сайте австралийского Управления терапевтических товаров (TGA)
На минувшей неделе австралийский регулятор получил дополнительную информацию, в частности о том, что вакцина "обеспечивает защиту", а также снижает вероятность передачи коронавируса другим людям. Данные исследований предоставили российские власти при содействии посольства Австралии в Москве.

Today, the TGA determined that an additional COVID-19 vaccine, the two dose course of the Gamaleya Institute vaccine (Sputnik V, Russian Federation) would be 'recognised' for the purpose of establishing a traveller's vaccination status.

Last week the TGA obtained additional information demonstrating this vaccine provides protection and potentially reduces the likelihood that an incoming traveller would transmit COVID-19 infection to others while in Australia or become acutely unwell due to COVID-19. The supporting information was based on published studies provided to the TGA by the Russian Government with the assistance of the Australian embassy in Moscow.

The data indicated that two doses of the Sputnik V (Gamaleya Institute) showed an average efficacy against symptomatic infection of 89% and against hospitalisation or death of 98-100%. As for most studies on the efficacy of the TGA approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccines, these studies were conducted prior to the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Real-world studies assessing the effectiveness of a range of vaccines against Omicron are currently underway in many countries. The single dose course of the Gamaleya vaccine ("Sputnik Light") is not currently recognised by the TGA.

Recognition of the two dose course of the Sputnik vaccine by the TGA today follows on from recognition in late 2021 by the TGA of two major Chinese-manufactured vaccines - BBIBP-CorV (Sinopharm, for those under 60 years old) and Coronavac (Sinovac) and two major Indian-manufactured vaccines - Covaxin (Bharat Biotech) and Covishield (Serum Institute of India /AstraZeneca). The recognition of Sputnik will expand options for the return of international students, travel of skilled and unskilled workers to Australia, and travel by business people and elite sports people to our country.

Further information on requirements for incoming travel to Australia can be found at Vaccinated travellers(link is external).