Russia's Covid vaccine might actually WORK: Moscow scientists claim 'Sputnik V' jab that stunned scientists when Putin gave it world-first approval proved safe and effective in study published in UK journal The Lancet
- Vaccine became the first in the world to be approved for mass use last month
Russia's
Covid-19 vaccine might actually protect people from catching the disease, early studies show as the country finally publishes data about the controversial jab.
The vaccine became the first in the world to be approved for mass use last month, with
Vladimir Putin eyeing up nationwide injections in October.
The move sparked uproar in the scientific community because there was no evidence to prove the vaccine - dubbed Sputnik V - worked or was safe.
And it later emerged that British spies had detected a Russian cyber attack on Oxford University scientists who are developing an almost identical vaccine, raising fears that Moscow had tried to steal research from the UK.
But results from two early clinical trials done in Moscow and published today in the prestigious British journal The Lancet, indicate the vaccine is safe and effective.
The Russian scientists behind the studies said the jab stimulated an immune response in all inoculated participants and did not cause any serious health issues.
Just 76 people were involved in the study, only half of whom were actually jabbed, and volunteers were all healthy and mostly in their 20s and 30s.
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