In the battle of bringing a COVID-19 vaccine, Russian President Putin launched a coronavirus vaccine and claimed it to be the first one to get registered. The “Sputnik V” vaccine will enter its phase 3 testing on 12th August, 2020, and already 20 countries had pre-ordered over more than a billion doses of the vaccine. The vaccine was registered in Russia and has passed all needed checks as said by Putin during a televised video conference.

Currently, WHO and Russian health authorities are discussing the process for possible WHO prequalification for its newly approved COVID-19 vaccine, as mentioned by a WHO spokesperson.