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Sputnik V Protects Against UK Coronavirus Variant, Research on Other Variants Ongoing

© AP Photo / Eraldo PeresLaboratory workers work in the pilot production phase of Russia's Sputnik V Coronavirus vaccine for COVID-19 at the pharmaceutical company Uniao Quimica in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021.
Laboratory workers work in the pilot production phase of Russia's Sputnik V Coronavirus vaccine for COVID-19 at the pharmaceutical company Uniao Quimica in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. - Sputnik International, 1920, 16.03.2021
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian-developed Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine protects against UK coronavirus variant, and the research on protection against other variants may be available within a week, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the Gamaleya research institute, said on Tuesday.

"To date, it has been experimentally verified, including in the laboratories of our institute, that Sputnik V, the serum obtained from those vaccinated with Sputnik V, perfectly neutralises the British version of the pathogen COVID-19", Gintsburg said at a briefing.

The Gamaleya chief also said that the research on the protection from other coronavirus variants is ongoing, and results may appear within a week or more.

© Sputnik / Sergey Averin / Go to the mediabankA medical worker holds a tube with Russian Gam-COVID-VAK (trademark "Sputnik V") coronavirus vaccine at a Donetsk clinic, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Eastern Ukraine.
Sputnik V Protects Against UK Coronavirus Variant, Research on Other Variants Ongoing - Sputnik International, 1920, 16.03.2021
A medical worker holds a tube with Russian Gam-COVID-VAK (trademark "Sputnik V") coronavirus vaccine at a Donetsk clinic, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Eastern Ukraine.

The new strain of coronavirus was discovered in southeast England in September 2020 and emerged in December, prompting a new national lockdown. It subsequently spread rapidly throughout the United Kingdom and continental Europe, as, according to British authorities, it is believed to be up to 70 percent more transmissible than regular coronavirus.

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