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Russia’s Sputnik vaccine shows 91.6% efficacy in clinical trials
Lancet peer review confirms performance of country’s flagship two-shot jab
Russia’s flagship two-shot Sputnik V vaccine has shown 91.6% efficacy against symptomatic Covid-19 in clinical trials, a Lancet peer review has confirmed, bringing the global total of vaccines whose efficacy is confirmed to be higher than 90% to three.
The results from an interim analysis, now confirmed by peer review, also showed the jab provided full protection against moderate or severe cases of Covid-19.
Alexander Gintsburg, director of Russia’s Gamaleya Institute, the state-run virology research centre that developed the jab, said the results were a “monumental achievement” and “a great success in the battle against the global Covid-19 pandemic”...
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