Growing evidence suggests Russia's Sputnik V COVID vaccine is safe and very effective. But questions about the data remain

  • Written by: Megan Steain, Lecturer, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
Growing evidence suggests Russia's Sputnik V COVID vaccine is safe and very effective. But questions about the data remainAntonio Calanni/AP/AAP

Russia was the first country to register a COVID vaccine, with its health ministry giving emergency approval to the Sputnik V vaccine in August 2020.

This decision was met with scepticism from the international scientific community because it came a month before results of phase 1 and 2 trials were published.

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