Head of Ukrainian doctors’ group accuses government of ‘lying’ over refusal to register Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

A row in Kiev over

A row in Kiev over the government’s decision not to register a Russian-made coronavirus jab has worsened, with one of the country’s most senior doctors saying officials are not being straight about the reasons behind the move.

Sergey Kravchenko, the head of the National Medical Chamber of Ukraine, a public organization representing doctors, rubbished claims that Kiev could approve vaccines only once they had completed phase-three trials. Writing on Facebook on Sunday, he said it was “a lie [from health officials] that it is impossible to register the Sputnik V vaccine.”

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