The corona vaccine Sputnik V, produced in Russia, is said to be completely ineffective against the new strains of the feared virus. This was admitted by the director of the Gamaleja Institute, which developed the vaccine.
Initially, Sputnik V offered very good protection, Gamaleja director Alexander Ginzburg told the Russian news portal Gazeta.ru. This was the case from August 2020 to July 2022.
Since the summer of 2022, with the appearance of the Omicron variant, the effectiveness of the drug has increased eightfold. Since the omicron variant
ineffective.
The laboratory is now working on an adapted vaccination. It would probably hit the Russian market in March 2024. However, Ginzburg countered that the new, modified remedy could be outdated by then, as new strains are constantly emerging. By then, the Russians would no longer have any effective corona vaccinations at all.
Significant increase in corona patients in Russia
The number of corona infections in Russia has risen sharply in recent months. In the capital Moscow, an entire hospital was converted specifically for corona patients. Russia’s health authority warned of new restrictions, and some schools and kindergartens were closed, as Russian-language news portal “The Insider” reported.
Source: Krone
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