Russia says its Covid Sputnik V vaccine is over 90% effective.
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 is over 90% effective, a health ministry official said on Monday, citing data collected from public vaccinations rather than an ongoing trial.
The comments followed a statement earlier Monday from vaccine developers Pfizer Inc and BioNTech, who said their investigational COVID-19 vaccine was over 90% effective.
“We are responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of the Sputnik V vaccine among citizens who received it as part of the mass vaccination program,” Oksana Drapkina, director of a research institute under the ministry, said in a statement. of Health.
“Based on our observations, it is also over 90%. The emergence of another effective vaccine – this is good news for everyone,” Drapkina said.
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