The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, said Russia will be working with the COVAX vaccine program, local media reported on Thursday.

Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine got emergency use approval from the UAE health ministry, RDIF said on social media, adding that it has also been approved by the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition of Hungary, marking the first country in the European Union to authorize its use.