Russia had embarked on a mass vaccination programme with the Sputnik V vaccine even before trials to ascertain the efficacy of the vaccine were completed. — Bloomberg
Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6% effective against symptomatic Covid-19, according to results published in The Lancet journal on Feb 2 (2021).
Independent experts said that this allayed transparency concerns over the jab, which Moscow is already rolling out.
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