Gunzburg spoke about the effectiveness of “Sputnik V” in the heavy “Omicron”

The Sputnik V vaccine is 89% effective against severe cases of coronavirus caused by the Omicron strain. If a person has given a booster vaccination, then the effectiveness is 93-94%. About this in an interview withRIA News”said Alexander Gintsburg, director of the Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology.

“I can report the latest data that the effectiveness of Sputnik V in relation to those variants of Omicron that have been circulating with us in recent months, according to joint data with leading clinics in Moscow and according to our sequence. If a person has been vaccinated with Sputnik V, protection against hospitalization and severe cases is about 89%, and if he is probation, then about 93-94%,” Gunzburg said.

Earlier, on February 24, virologist, infectious disease specialist Nikolai Malyshev said that after a collision with a coronavirus, the body would have to recover for more than two years. This is especially true for the category of elderly patients and people with underlying diseases.

In the Russian Federation, a large-scale vaccination campaign is underway. Citizens are vaccinated for free. Six vaccines against coronavirus have been registered in the country: Sputnik V, which became the first vaccine against COVID-19 in the Russian Federation and the world, as well as Sputnik Light, Sputnik M, EpiVacCorona, EpiVacCorona-N and KoviVac .