Maduro: 100,000 doses of the Russian “Sputnik V” vaccine will arrive in Venezuela next week

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that 100,000 doses of the Russian “Sputnik V” vaccine against the Coronavirus will arrive in Venezuela next week.

In a press conference held last Sunday, Maduro considered that the “Sputnik V” vaccine is “the safest among the vaccines in the world.”

He added, “Sputnik V is the most secure … It has demonstrated a high level of protection.”

And earlier this month, Maduro indicated that clinical trials of the Russian vaccine in Venezuela had shown it to be 100% effective.

The British “Lancet” magazine said that the results of the third phase of clinical trials of the Russian “Sputnik V” anti-corona virus vaccine showed that its effectiveness is more than 90%.

It should be noted that Russia called the vaccine produced by the “Gamalia” institute “Sputnik V”, due to its symbolism, because the first Soviet satellite called “Sputnik” was launched in 1957.

Source: “Reuters” + RT

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