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The Russian

Sputnik V

vaccine

is 92% effective against Covid-19, based on the results of interim trials, the Health Ministry reported on Wednesday, as

Moscow

rushes to keep pace with Western drug manufacturers in the race for a vaccine.

The initial results are the second to be published of a human trial of the

Covid-19

vaccine

, after the American-German Pfizer revealed more than 90% effectiveness in its prototype in phase 3 trials.

Russia registered its

Covid-19

vaccine

for public use in August, the first country to do so, although approval came before the start of the large-scale trial in September.

"We are demonstrating, based on the data, we have a very effective vaccine ,

" said the director of

RDIF

,

Kirill Dmitriev

, and added that it

is the kind of news that developers of the vaccine speak one day with his grandchildren.

Interim results are based on data from the first 16,000 trial participants who received both injections of the two-dose vaccine, the

Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)

, which has been endorsing the vaccine and marketing it globally, it said.

The interim analysis was performed after 20 trial participants developed

Covid-19

and examining how many had received the vaccine compared to a placebo.

This is significantly lower than the 94 infections in a vaccine trial being developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech.

To confirm the efficacy rate, Pfizer said it would continue its trial until there were 164 cases of

Covid-19

.

The Russian trial will continue for a further six months, the RDIF has said in a statement, and the trial data will also be published in a leading international medical journal after peer review.

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