New Delhi : The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund), announces the results of a YouGov survey with 9.417 respondents from 9 countries on their vaccine preferences and country of preference in terms of vaccine production.

According to the survey, 54% of respondents who selected a country they trust to produce a vaccine, considered Russia the most trusted vaccine producer alongside the US and leaving the UK behind, when asked to choose the 3 countries they trusted the most to produce a vaccine. Sputnik V, the world’s first registered vaccine against coronavirus, is the most recognizable one – over 7 in 10 (74%) of those surveyed have heard of the Russian vaccine. Sputnik V is also among Top-2 most preferred vaccines, just after the one produced by Pfizer/BioNTech.

The survey was conducted between February 18 and March 3 by YouGov, the leading UK-based company in market research and data analytics in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Residents of India, Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, Vietnam, Argentina, Algeria, the UAE and Serbia participated in the poll. More than 2 billion people, or over 25% of the world’s population, live in these countries.

“We have received a very good response from the Indian respondents in this YouGov survey.  Sputnik V is the most recognizable vaccine in India (57% of respondents), ahead of Pfizer and AstraZeneca, not only because of its safety and high efficacy, but also because its differentiating features, such as ease of transportation and storage and affordable price, fully meet expectation of Indian respondents”, said Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund

“In fact, Sputnik V ranked first among foreign vaccines as the most trustworthy. In addition, the fact that India is emerging as the most important manufacturing hub for Sputnik V further boosted the confidence of the people of the country in the Russian vaccine”, he said.

Key findings of the poll:

Russia came out as the most trusted vaccine producing country, alongside the US and leaving the UK behind, when asked to choose the 3

countries they trusted the most to produce a vaccine

Top 5 most trusted vaccine-producing countries

(among respondents who had preferences)

Russia

54,0%

USA

53,9%

UK

China

Sweden

·        One in three respondents (33%) among those who have made their choice, would prefer to be vaccinated with Sputnik V.

·        This is the second most-preferred vaccine after Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (37%).

% of respondents that expressed their willingness for vaccination

with the following vaccines (Top 8)

(among respondents who had preferences)

·        Sputnik V is the most recognizable vaccine: 74% of those surveyed have heard of the Russian vaccine; Pfizer/ BioNTech is in second place (69%), while AstraZeneca (University of Oxford) holds third position with 60%.

% who have heard of the following vaccines

,6%

·        Almost half (47%) of the respondents who have made their choice only consider a minimum vaccine efficacy level of 90% or more acceptable for their vaccination (for example, Sputnik V, which has a proven efficacy of 91.6%).

·        An overwhelming number of respondents (84%) would be willing to postpone their vaccination with a less effective vaccine of around 60%, for a vaccine with a higher efficacy of over 90%.

Minimum acceptable vaccine efficacy rate to

make a decision to get vaccinated (among respondents who had preferences and expressed their readiness to be vaccinated)

47,4%

90% or more

·        77 percent of respondents believe that governments should provide equal access to all the different vaccines for the population and give everyone a choice which vaccine to have for vaccination.

Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, commented:

“Results of the YouGov survey in various parts of the world once again demonstrate the high confidence of respondents in Russia as a vaccine producer and in the Sputnik V vaccine. Thanks to the outstanding achievements of Russian science, the Sputnik V vaccine has been saving lives around the world for several months now, and has been 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.”