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9/5/20

Covid-19 vaccine - Russia's COVID-19 vaccine: Trial results 'encouraging but small', say experts

A report by The Lancet medical journal on a COVID-19 vaccine developed and tested in Russia says it has shown promising results, but adds that more work is needed.

In trials so far, the experimental Sputnik V vaccine has elicited an immune response and has brought no adverse side effects, according to Russian researchers. Doctors studied 76 healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 60, over six weeks.

In a peer review31867-5/fulltext) of the Russian studies, experts in The Lancet say the two studies31866-3/fulltext) by Denis Logunov and his team from the N F Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology have several strengths.

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Russia's COVID-19 vaccine: Trial results 'encouraging but small', say experts | Euronews

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