Kirill Dmitriev, RDIF CEO: Together with China, the US, India and Israel, Russia is in the top 5 countries globally in terms of coronavirus vaccination with both components. Russia is ahead of all European countries in terms of coronavirus vaccination with both components.
Kirill Dmitriev, RDIF CEO: Already 3.5 mln people received both doses of #SputnikV. Great Britain, often mentioned as an example of quick vaccination, has given 2 vaccine doses to fewer than half of such people in Russia.
Kirill Dmitriev, RDIF CEO: The vaccination indicator is often interpreted as a total number of shots administered, whereas Russia uses a more conservative method based on full vaccination with two components.
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Alexander Gintsburg, head of the Gamaleya Center, in a radio interview with Sputnik News Kazakhstan: No severe side effects have been recorded during the mass Sputnik V vaccination campaign.
Alexander Gintsburg: All batches of Sputnik V are undergoing strict quality control at the Gamaleya Center. The high quality of the vaccine is guaranteed.
Alexander Gintsburg: Sputnik V vaccine fully protects from the UK variant of COVID-19, studies on other variants are ongoing, results will be available in about one to several weeks.
1. Immunity created by the first AZ shot prevents the second shot from being effective (overall efficacy of only 55%) unless there is a wait of 3 months
2. Sputnik V solves this elegantly through heterogeneous boosting (using a different second shot)
3. Using Sputnik V shot as a second shot for AZ vaccine will eliminate the need to wait for 3 months. Clinical trials of this approach have already started.
In response to EU leadership question on why #SputnikV vaccine is offered to EU while vaccination in Russia is not yet complete:
1. Mass doses of Sputnik V for Europeans have been offered after EMA approval and after mass vaccination in Russia is complete in June, 2021. This timeline can be accelerated by engaging EU production facilities that are waiting for EMA approval.
2. In the meantime, Russia will supply doses to Hungary and some other EU nations that decided to order Sputnik V directly
7 facts about the mass scale #SputnikV vaccination in light of publication of many misinformed articles that have been appearing in the media since the start of mass scale vaccination in Russia.
[1/7] Currently, there are only 4 vaccines in the world that published phase 3 results in this order: Pfizer, Sputnik V, Moderna, AstraZeneca. #SputnikV has significant advantages in Safety, Efficacy, Price and Logistics.
[2/7] As of now, Russia, China and UAE are the only three countries in the world that vaccinate people outside of clinical trials.