Russia’s Sputnik V effective against new coronavirus strains

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine guarantees almost 100 per cent protection against grave and fatal cases even taking into consideration new coronavirus strains.

Vladimir Gushchin, the head of the population variability mechanisms laboratory of the Gamaleya research center that developed the vaccine, assured on Tuesday.

“Sputnik V obviously copes with the Delta strain.

“The vaccine is still highly effective.

“It guarantees almost 100 per cent protection against grave and fatal cases,’’ Gushchin told SolovievLive YouTube show.

Sputnik V guarantees protection during a six-month period, developers noted.