3 hours agoRussia starts vaccinating citizens with Sputnik V's yet without fully testing it
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Russia on Saturday has launched the vaccine of people with its vaccine against Coronavirus, “Sputnik V”, for which Western experts have said it has not been tested enough in people before granting approval for broad use. Even the test results have not been transparent. Russian authorities approved the vaccine [...] for use.
Russian authorities approved for use of “vaccine Sputnik V” in August, making Russia the world's first state to adopt a vaccine against the new disease, COVID-19.
The developers of this vaccine have said it is 95 percent effective and does not cause major side effects, but is still subjecting itself to the testing process, the BBC writes.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyani, who announced the launch of the vaccine programme this week, said the vaccine is first being given to health workers, education workers and social workers. He added that the list would be expanded after there are more doses of the vaccine available.
Moscow residents, who have these professions and are between the ages of 18 and 60, will be able to set up the term for vaccinating at 70 centers throughout the city, which will work from 12 hours a day from 8am to 8 p.m.
By contrast, Russia has so far recorded over 2 million and 382 thousand people infected with coronarys, and more than 41,000 people have lost their lives. Moscow, the country's capital, is the frequency of the virus's spread and thousands of new cases are being recorded each day.
