RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -Experts stated that in Argentina, the first scientific study published for the Sputnik Light vaccine, the first component of Sputnik V against Covid-19, showed an efficacy of 78.6% in preventing infection against the disease.
“We found 78.6% in preventing infections and 84.8% in preventing deaths from coronavirus in the province of Buenos Aires,” reported specialist Santi Olszevicki, one of the scientists involved in the study carried out by the Buenos Aires Ministry of Health and published in the journal EClinicalMedicine of The Lancet group.
Sputnik Light is the first component (AD26) of the human adenovirus-based Sputnik V vaccine developed by Russia’s Gamaleya Research Center and approved for use after research had shown it to be 79 percent effective (Photo internet reproduction)The drug manages to prevent 84.8% of deaths between 21 and 83 days after inoculation in a population aged 60 to 79 years. However, experts recommend that “the complete vaccination scheme should be the standard of care as it confers maximum effectiveness.”
“The population over 80 years of age was not included in this study because, by May 1, 2021, more than 95% of this age group had already been vaccinated, leaving an insufficient number of unvaccinated subjects for comparison, which would defeat the purpose of the study,” the specialists indicated.
The research arose after analyzing data from 186,581 people between 60 and 79 years of age in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA), of whom 40,387 had received the first dose of Sputnik Light.
“In this case, this work was carried out when the Delta variant was not yet a threat worldwide, there was a shortage of vaccines, and the world was debating whether to complete schedules or reach more people with one dose,” said Santi Olszevicki.
Sputnik Light is the first component (AD26) of the human adenovirus-based Sputnik V vaccine developed by Russia’s Gamaleya Research Center and approved for use after research had shown it to be 79 percent effective.
The Argentine Ministry of Health confirmed 2,297 patients with the coronavirus for a total of 5,226,831 diagnosed cases. The number of deaths totaled 113,640, 239 reported on the day.