CHISINAU, February 16. /TASS/. The documentation to register the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus has arrived in Moldova, the National Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (AMDM) reported on Tuesday.

"Documents were received from two economic entities with proposed trade names: the R-COVI solution for injections and the Gam-COVID-Vac combined vaccine (Sputnik V) to prevent the coronavirus infection," the statement said. It noted that these preparations will be authorized in Moldova after their quality and efficacy are confirmed.

The agency specified that preparations by Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna are also in the process of authorization in the republic which it plans to obtain through the COVAX platform. It is expected that Moldova will be able to receive through this program a sufficient volume of preparations for inoculation of 20% of population. The rest the republic will be able to purchase through COVAX at a reduced price.

In January, Moldova approved the national program of vaccination against the coronavirus. Healthcare workers will receive the vaccine during the first phase, followed by the elderly, state employees, and then the general population during the third phase.

In November 2020, Ion Chicu who was Moldovan Prime Minister at the time turned for assistance in obtaining the vaccine against the coronavirus to Russia and a number of the EU countries.