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(CNN) – Russia will unveil its Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday at UN headquarters, state news agency TASS reported, citing UN mission spokesman in the country, Fedor Strzhizhovskiy.
The presentation, which will be delivered virtually by Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko, will begin at 9:30 am ET, according to TASS.
During a speech at the UN General Assembly in September, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to provide the vaccine for free to UN personnel.
“We are offering to provide our vaccine, free of charge, for the voluntary vaccination of UN staff and their offices. We have received requests from our UN colleagues on this and will respond to them, Putin said in his speech.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric responded to Putin’s offer by saying: “We thank President Putin for his generous offer which will be studied by our medical services”.
Last week, Russia said the most recent data suggests its Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine is at least 91.4 percent effective and could be more than 95 percent effective.
Data obtained 28 days after the first dose and seven days after the second dose showed the vaccine was 91.4 percent effective, according to a press release posted on Sputnik-V’s Twitter account.
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