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Articles with tag "Vaccine"

RESEARCH PROBLEMS 

In Letter to The Lancet, Scientists Question ‘Very Peculiar’ Sputnik V Results

Concerns include inconsistencies, discrepancies and substandard reporting as well as a refusal to share data.
VACCINE DIPLOMACY

Slovakia to Start Sputnik Jabs in June

Slovakia's health minister said Wednesday that the EU member would start offering Russia's Sputnik V vaccine in June.
vaccine skeptics

Majority of Russians Still Not Ready to Get Sputnik Vaccine – Poll

More than half of Russian respondents also said they are not afraid of contracting the coronavirus — a sharp rise from last year. 
vaccine geopolitics

Putin Questions Moderna’s ‘Best’ Coronavirus Vaccine Recognition

Putin remarked in a televised meeting that Russian-made vaccines are “reliable as a Kalashnikov assault rifle.”
accessible to all

Putin Backs Russia Waiving Patents on Its Covid Jabs

"We should not think about how to extract maximum profit, but about how to ensure people's safety," Putin said.
shortened cycle

Russia Registers One-Dose Sputnik Light Coronavirus Jab

Sputnik Light "demonstrated 79.4% efficacy" compared to 91.6% for the two-shot Sputnik V, its developers claim.
'short-term option'

Russian Scientists Say Polio Vaccine Protects Against Coronavirus

The makers of Russia's third approved Covid-19 vaccine said volunteers who took a live polio vaccine saw "sharp reduction" in coronavirus incidence.
prolonged regimen

Russian Coronavirus Vaccine Maker Studying 3rd Booster Shot

Tests of a third EpiVacCorona shot on animals have “confirmed increased and prolonged immunity,” a researcher said.
questions raised

Brazil Says Russian Covid Vaccine Carried Live Cold Virus

Tainted batches of Sputnik V sent to Brazil carried a live version of a common cold-causing virus, according to the country's health regulator.
vaccine geopolitics

Russia Accuses Brazil of ‘Political’ Sputnik V Rejection

Brazil's federal health regulator denied a request from several states to import the Russian vaccine on Monday.
SLOW GOING

Russia Has Vaccinated 10% of Its Adult Population

Moscow to issue $13 gift cards to vaccinated pensioners to boost pace of rollout.
buy in bulk

Germany Seeking to Buy 30Mln Sputnik Doses from Russia – State Premier

Berlin is negotiating to purchase the doses as soon as Sputnik V receives European Medicines Agency (EMA) approval.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Russia’s Claims of Sputnik V's 97.6% Effectiveness Under the Spotlight

Limited data and possible methodological shortcomings raise concerns Russia is cherry-picking and embellishing vaccine data. 
SLOW GOING

Less Than 10% of People Vaccinated In Moscow, Center of Russia’s Vaccination Drive

Latest figures continue to show the slow pace of Russia’s vaccination rollout.
heightened scrutiny

Russia Says Sputnik V Vaccine Does Not Cause Blood Clots

Rare cases of blood clots among those who received the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca jabs have disrupted rollouts in some countries.
fully vaccinated

Putin Receives Second Coronavirus Vaccine Dose

Putin, 68, said he hoped Russians "will do the same and follow my example."
emergency authorization

India Approves Russia’s Sputnik V Coronavirus Vaccine 

The country of 1.3 billion people authorized the Russian jab as it battles the world’s second-highest number of new infections.
ANTIBODY RESPONSE

Sputnik V Developer Confirms Jab Is Less Effective Against South African Variant

But the Gamaleya Institute insists the Russian-made vaccine offers more protection than its rivals.
ready for talks

Germany to Talk to Russia About Buying Sputnik Jabs

Keen German interest in the Russian vaccine comes amid the country's slow inoculation rollout.
under scrutiny

EU to Probe Russian Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Standards – FT

The EU medicines regulator is reportedly concerned that Sputnik V trials had not been ethically run, a claim the vaccine's marketer denied.
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