US authorities have named vaccines against COVID-19, which will be allowed into the country

Entry will be allowed to those who have been vaccinated with vaccines approved by the FDA or WHO. This includes drugs from Pfizer, Moderna, ASTRAZENECA and others.

Starting November 8, only those who have been fully vaccinated against CORONAVIRUS with vaccines approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or the World HEALTH Organization (WHO) will be allowed to enter the United States, reports The New York Times, citing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At least two weeks must pass from the moment of the second vaccination.

At the same time, foreigners arriving in the United States will need to present a certificate of vaccination before boarding the plane, and within three days after arrival - to provide a negative test for coronavirus.

So far, none of the Russian vaccines is included in the list approved by the FDA and WHO. In the United States, vaccines developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson have received approval. The WHO has approved six drugs: developments by Pfizer and BioNTech, AstraZeneca, the Serum Institute in India, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna and China's Sinopharm.

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The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) submitted an application to WHO for registration of the Sputnik V vaccine a year ago, in October 2020. In the summer, the organization reported that one of the enterprises producing the drug had questions. Later, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that the plant had eliminated all the shortcomings.