Russian vaccine Sputnik V 95 percent effective, will be cheaper than American vaccine

Moscow : Russia has claimed that its corona vaccine Sputnik V has been found to be more than 95 percent effective and cheaper than others. This has been claimed by those who developed the vaccine based on a second interim analysis of clinical data. The price of two doses of SputnikV in the international market will be around $ 20 (about Rs 1,500) and it will be given free to the people of Russia. There will also be no need for extremely cold cold storage for its distribution.

At the same time, the cost of two doses of the vaccine of American company Pfizer will be around Rs 2,500. Russia’s Ministry of Health, Government Gamalaya Research Center and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a statement on Tuesday that a second interim analysis showed that it was 91.4 percent effective after 28 days and 95 percent effective after 42 days. Percent. Approximately two thousand people were given this dose during the trial, based on which this assessment has been done.

Pfizer and Moderna vaccine works up to 95 percent Pfizer and Moderna claim their vaccines to be up to 95 percent effective. RDIF CEO Kirill Dimitrov said that the speciality of Sputnik-V compared to other vaccines is that not only does it develop strong immunity, but also persists for a long time.