(ANSA) - MOSCOW, MARCH 12 - The Russian Sputnik V vaccine has been shown to be effective against the British coronavirus strain. This was stated by the Russian Health Minister MikhailMurashko. "Our specialists studied the neutralizing activity of the blood serum of volunteers vaccinated with Sputnik V against the British strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The research verifies that the level of neutralizing antibodies against the British strain does not differ from the level of neutralizing antibodies against the strain. original from SARS-CoV-2. Thus, the Sputnik V vaccine protects against the mutated British coronavirus strain no less effectively than against the normal strain, "he said, quoted by Tass.
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