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Sputnik V Light Vaccine Halves Chance of COVID-19 Infection, Gamaleya Institute Head Says

© RIA Novosti . Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) / Go to the mediabankIn this handout photo released by Russian Direct Investment Fund, a view shows a fridge with packages of Russian Sputnik-Light one-dose vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) developed by the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology during clinical trials, in Moscow, Russia.
In this handout photo released by Russian Direct Investment Fund, a view shows a fridge with packages of Russian Sputnik-Light one-dose vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) developed by the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology during clinical trials, in Moscow, Russia.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 04.04.2021
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The single-shot Sputnik V Light version of the Russian vaccine against coronavirus decreases the chance of infection by 50-60 percent, Alexander Gintsburg, director of the Gamaleya research institute behind the vaccine, said on Sunday.

“There is a ‘light’ option, which is the first component of the Sputnik V vaccine. If used separately without a second vaccination, it makes it possible to reduce the disease with this infection by 50 percent, or even 60 percent," said Gintsburg said in a televised appearance.

The slimmed-down version of the vaccine was registered in late March as an alternative to the main two-shot Sputnik V after successfully undergoing all three phases of clinical trials. The latter will remain the main version.

According to a publication in the Lancet medical journal, the two-shot Sputnik V is 92 percent effective at preventing symptomatic illness and 100 percent in preventing severe disease.

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