Russia says its Covid jabs effective against new variants

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Researchers say trial results appeared strong when volunteers were re-vaccinated against virus mutations. FMTNews Russia

MOSCOW: Russia’s Covid-19 vaccines have proven effective against new variants of the coronavirus in trials, a scientist with Moscow’s consumer regulator said on Tuesday, after the agency reported its first cases of a variant first detected in South Africa.

“In fact, trials have already been done in Russia and we can say with confidence that the vaccines registered in Russia also work against new strains,” Alexander Gorelov, deputy head of research at Rospotrebnadzor’s Institute of Epidemiology, said on state television.Researchers conducting trials under the review ordered by Putin said on Feb 27 that results were looking strong when volunteers were re-vaccinated with Sputnik V against new mutations of the virus.

It was collecting and testing samples from a wide range of people, including those who have recently travelled abroad or are suspected to have been infected with coronavirus for a second time.

 

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