Russia is most trusted vaccine producer - YouGov survey

Respondents in a survey trust Russia the most in regards to COVID-19 vaccine production.

This is according to report released by British market research company YouGov that discovered that 54% of 9,417 respondents from 9 countries said they trusted Russia, followed by the United States in second with 53.9% trust rate. The United Kingdom came in third with 48.4%.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which backed the production of COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, released the report on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, when participants were asked which vaccine they would be willing to get themselves, most people named the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as first choice at 37 percent, Sputnik V came in second at 33 percent and SinoVac at third.

"Thanks to the outstanding achievements of Russian science, the Sputnik V vaccine has been saving lives around the world as it is approved for use in more than 50 countries. The vaccine has a number of key benefits, including an efficacy of 91.6%, confirmed by the leading medical journal The Lancet, as well as a proven to be safe human adenoviral vector platform, attractive supply chain logistics and affordability, making Sputnik V one of the best vaccines in the world," says Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of RDIF.