According to initial test results on Wednesday, the developers of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said its 92 percent effective, as Moscow races against its competitors in the West.
Russia’s health ministry, the state-run Gamaleya research centre and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a statement that the calculations were based on results from 16,000 individuals who received both doses of the vaccine. "The Sputnik V vaccine had an efficacy rate of 92 percent after the second dose,” the statement said, after 20 of the volunteers — some of whom were given the placebo — tested positive for coronavirus.
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