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Russia Accuses Slovakia of COVID Vaccine Sabotage, Demands Return of Shots msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Russia Accuses Slovakia of COVID Vaccine Sabotage, Demands Return of Shots msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The interim trial results of Sputnik V, the coronavirus vaccine developed by Russia, are in, and results are showing 91.6 percent effectiveness in preventing symptomatic cases, as reported by CNN. There were no severe adverse events that appeared to be associated with the vaccine and the only side effects reported being mild, consisting of flu-like symptoms, pain at the injection site and low energy. Following the phase three trial of the vaccine, interim data suggests that two doses of Sputnik V reach a comparable level of effectiveness to those developed by Pfizer and Moderna. It also appears to provide a similar level of protection to those over 60. The data was gathered through a study involving almost 20,000 participants, with three-quarters receiving the vaccine and one-quarter receiving a placebo. ....
Russia is accusing the West of maligning its achievements in the global race to defeat Covid-19 as its attempts to win key markets for its Sputnik V vaccine run up against the demands of regulators. “We understand the game,” Kirill Dmitriev, chief executive officer of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which backed Sputnik V’s development and negotiates its international roll-out, said in an interview. “It’s a combination of some misunderstanding, some strong bias and, really, some very strong efforts to undermine the Russian vaccine.” Like neighboring China, which is struggling to reassure nations testing its vaccines, Russia’s drive to convert what it calls a scientific triumph into geopolitical dividends has hit unexpected headwinds. ....