The developer of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine will partner with AstraZeneca to test in a clinical trial whether combining their jabs would boost immunity to Covid-19, the British drug-maker announced Friday.
Russia’s state-run Gamaleya research center two weeks ago suggested trying the combined regimen with AstraZeneca, saying on Twitter...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that there are preliminary verification procedures on the poisoning of opposition figure Alexey Navalny, but a criminal investigation would require substantive materials, Sputnik reported.
"As for the high-profile cases, the poisoning of a well-known figure. The checks are ongoing. We just cannot launch a...
Global pharmaceutical companies are using disreputable methods to undermine Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday, TASS reported.
"These aspirations are seen not only in the Kremlin. They are visible to the naked eye, as they say," he insisted. According to Peskov, "competition...
The number of coronavirus-related fatalities in Russia went up by 613 in the past 24 hours, compared to 562 on the previous day, bringing the total to 45,893, the national anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters Thursday.
The provisional death rate has risen to 1.77%, TASS reported.
In the past 24 hours,...
The preliminary data obtained in the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine trials show that the efficiency of the jab stands at 69.3% after the first component is administered and 96.2% after the second, member of the independent monitoring committee examining the results of the vaccine’s clinical trials Ramil Khabriyev...
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is discussing coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V deliveries and production with many foreign nations, including Turkey, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the Gamaleya research institute said, as reported by Sputnik.
Negotiations are ongoing on "the possibility to study, purchase and produce the Sputnik V vaccine...
The World Health Organization has been in touch with Russia's Vector center and is looking forward to receiving data on its EpiVacCorona Vaccine against the coronavirus, a representative of the organization told Sputnik.
"WHO has been in touch with the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR, who expressed...
Numerous countries have expressed hope in obtaining the Russian vaccine as soon as possible. The expectations became even higher as researchers announced that the efficacy of Sputnik V had surpassed 95% in recent trials.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has suggested that Sputnik V may become extremely popular abroad, as multiple nations...
Russian cosmonauts will be inoculated against coronavirus with Russia's own Sputnik V vaccine, the country's sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday, Sputnik reported.
According to the Russian Direct Investment Fund, cosmonauts training at the preparation center named after Yury Gagarin and all the personnel interacting with them will soon have an...
