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MOSCOW, April 27. /TASS/: Experts of the European drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), have finished stage one of their review of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Russia and are about to be inspecting production facilities, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Tuesday.
"Stage one is over, we are waiting for reports and are getting prepared for inspections of production facilities. We are working actively on this matter," he said.
According to earlier reports, a team of experts from the European Medicines Agency arrived in Russia on April 10 to evaluate the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine. EMA and WHO (World Health Organization) experts are expected to start the next round of their review of the vaccine on May 10.