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South Africa’s health products regulator on Monday said it would not approve Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine due to concerns it could increase the risk of HIV infection among men. The decision was based on earlier studies testing the safety of a modified form of adenovirus — a type of virus that causes respiratory infections […]

[FILES] A handout picture provided by the media office of Imam Khomeini Airport City shows, the first shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine unloaded at Imam Khomeini airport in Iran’s capital Tehran on February 4, 2021.

“Use of the Sputnik V vaccine in South Africa, a setting of a high HIV prevalence and incidence, may increase the risk of vaccinated males acquiring HIV,” the South African Health Product Regulatory Authority said in a statement. Russia’s Gamaleya Centre, which developed Sputnik V, said it would produce information to show that SAHPRA’s concerns were “completely unfounded”.

 

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