The US will not allow the entry of people who have been vaccinated with Sputnik V

As other countries had already announced, the United States reported that it will only admit travelers who are vaccinated against the coronavirus with any of the six formulas that have already been approved by the World Organization of the Health (WHO): Moderna, Pfizer, Janssen, Oxford / Astrazeneca, Sinopharm and Sinovac.

This implies those who have been inoculated with Sputnik V (used in Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Egypt, Honduras, Hungary, India and Iran) will not be able to travel to that destination.

A few weeks ago, the WHO suspended the approval process for the Russian vaccine for violations at a production plant. The world health organization detected failures related to the “implementation of adequate measures to mitigate the risks of cross contamination”, during a visit it made with its technicians to a factory located in the Russian city of Ufa, which led to the suspension of the progress of approval pending further inspection.

WHO suggested that further inspections of the facilities would be required before the agency would grant Sputnik V approval. Producer must take this into account, make the necessary changes and be ready for new inspections. The WHO is waiting for the manufacturer to send the news that its plant complies with the code ”, said the deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization, Jarbas Barbosa .

Russia submitted its applications for approval from both the WHO and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in February, following the publication of research in the leading medical journal The Lancet which showed that the vaccine was 91.6% effective. But the approval has run into multiple problems and suffered notorious delays in recent months.

On September 20, the White House announced that the United States would lift the travel restrictions on air travelers from 33 countries, including China, India, Brazil and most of Europe, who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. It did not specify then which vaccines would be accepted.

A spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told today Reuters agency: “Six vaccines authorized / approved by the FDA or included in the WHO emergency use list will meet the criteria for travel to the United States.”

At the last minute, the CDC stated that “earlier this week, to help them prepare their systems, we informed the airlines” of the vaccines that would be accepted and added that “the CDC will publish additional guidance and information as they travel requirements are being finalized. ”

The new requirements will now apply to almost all foreign nationals flying to the United States, including those who were not subject to to the above restrictions.

CDC has yet to finalize and publish the new contract tracking rules for visitors is international, which was sent to the White House for review on Sept. 15.

The CDC must also spell out the rules for exceptions, which include children who cannot yet be vaccinated, as well as for visitors from countries where vaccines are not widely available. Management must also decide whether to admit visitors who are in COVID-19 clinical trials or who have recently contracted the disease and are not yet eligible for vaccination.