The Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik-V was officially registered din the Republic of Moldova by the Medicines and Medical Devices Agency. The Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines were also authorized, IPN reports.

According to the Medicines and Medical Devices Agency, registration certificates valid for a year were issued for these vaccines. The producers were asked to present post-authorization safety and efficacy studies.

The Agency noted the conditional authorization of vaccines creates opportunities for initiating the immunization of the population.