Sputnik V vaccine 98% effective against Covid-19: Russian scientists

The assessment is based on data from 3.8 million people

Russian scientists have found the Sputnik V vaccine 97.6 per cent effective against Covid-19 in a “real-world” assessment based on data from 3.8 million people, Moscow's Gamaleya Institute and the Russian Direct Investment Fund said on Monday.
 
The new effectiveness rate is higher than the 91.6 per cent rate outlined in results from a large-scale trial of Sputnik V that was published in The Lancet medical journal earlier this year, and compares favourably with data on the effectiveness of other Covid vaccines.
 
The new data was based on 3.8 million Russians who received both a first shot and