Serum obtained from people who took the Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona vaccines and had antibodies to the novel coronavirus, demonstrated a “protective effect” against the UK variant, Russia’s consumer protection agency, Rospotrebnadzor, said in a statement to the media. It added that the vaccines have shown to be just as …
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The preliminary analysis on the Phase III trial has shown that the vaccine is safe to use and 79.34 percent effective against Covid-19, Chinese media reported, citing the developer’s subsidiary, the Beijing Institute of Biological Products. The two-injection course has seen participants develop a high level of antibodies against the …
Read More »Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine effective against new mutation of Covid-19 first observed in UK, says RDIF CEO Dmitriev
Dmitriev revealed that the Russia-produced vaccine is as effective against the new mutation as it is against other existing strains. “Sputnik V has repeatedly shown its effectiveness, despite previous mutations in the S-protein,” Dmitriev told the press, on Monday. Earlier Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov revealed that Russia is following the …
Read More »Trump announces AG Barr’s resignation, effective by Christmas, as Biden’s victory certified
“Just had a very nice meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr at the White House. Our relationship has been a very good one, he has done an outstanding job!” Trump said in a series of tweets on Monday, sharing a copy of Barr’s resignation letter while adding: “Bill will be leaving just …
Read More »‘Medical miracle’: Trump praises ‘safe & effective’ Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine as FDA grants emergency use authorization
Created alongside German firm BioNTech, the vaccine received emergency use authorization from the FDA on Friday, after an agency meeting earlier this week recommended it be cleared for use by those 16 and older. President Trump hailed the move in a video statement moments after the jab was approved. “Today …
Read More »Medical journal confirms AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine 70% effective, but confusing test results hinder global rollout
Developed in partnership with Oxford University, AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine was found to be 70.4 percent effective in a peer-reviewed study published in The Lancet medical journal on Tuesday. It may seem like a low number, compared to the roughly 95 percent effectiveness touted by rival firms Pfizer and Moderna, yet …
Read More »Russian Sputnik V vaccine at least 95% effective say its creators, but vaccination won’t be mandatory, and Putin hasn’t had it yet
In a second interim analysis of data, Moscow’s Gamaleya Center, which developed the formula, claimed on Tuesday that more than 95 percent of those who received it achieved immunity to Covid-19. This is based on close to 20,000 volunteers who were given two doses in a Phase Three double-blind, randomized …
Read More »Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V is 92% effective & causes no serious side effects – preliminary report on Phase III trial
The vaccine is being tested in a large-scale double-blind survey involving 40,000 volunteers. Preliminary results based on the observation of 16,000 participants indicate that the drug does a good job of protecting people from the coronavirus, the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology said on Wednesday. According to the …
Read More »Lockdown till a Covid vaccine comes? It’s too long to wait, and there’s no guarantee it will be effective anyway
Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are all heading into lockdown in one form or another, and restrictions are being cranked up in England and Scotland. Cheerleaders for lockdowns say that we need to keep cases low until a vaccine arrives. But it is becoming increasingly apparent that …
Read More »Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine effective against any dose of virus, says developer, mass vaccination to start around New Year
Alexander Gintsburg, head of Moscow’s Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, was speaking on the same day that The Lancet reported on trials confirming that every patient who received the vaccine had developed antibodies without any significant side-effects. The British publication, one of the oldest and best-respected medical journals …
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