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EU open to recognising Russian vaccine-pass, Moscow says
By EUobserver
Russia and the EU are to hold talks on mutual recognition of vaccine-certificates, Russia's health ministry said Wednesday. Russia's new 'Sputnik Light' vaccine was also 70 percent-effective against the Delta variant of Covid, authorities added. EU regulators have not yet approved Sputnik due to missing data. But they said EU-wide recognition of British vaccine-certificates would be "going live soon", helping UK travellers visit Europe in the next half-term school break.