Armenia authorizes use of Russia’sSputnik Light vaccine against Covid

Moscow, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) reported on Monday that the country's Sputnik Light vaccine against Covid-19 was approved for emergency use by the Ministry of Health of Armenia.

September 6, 2021
13:51

The vaccine is the first component of the Sputnik V drug, the first vaccine registered in the Eurasian nation to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to the RDIF, immunization with the Russian vaccine will curb contagions in Armenia and accelerate the creation of population immunity in the country, where the use of Sputnik V was approved in February.

The RDIF assured that Sputnik Light shows high safety and efficacy rates in different countries. The example is the province of Buenos Aires, in Argentina, where efficacy in older people has reached 78.6 to 83.7 percent, while in Paraguay it was 93.5 percent.

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