“Of course, we requested an Indian strain, and I am sure that soon we will have it so that we can fully study it, our research center“ Vector ”is engaged in this, it works around the clock,” RIA Novosti quoted her as saying. ...

Earlier, the WHO Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, said that a situation with the rapid spread of a new strain of COVID-19, such as in India, can occur in any country.

According to the director of the center. Gamaleya Alexander Gunzburg, the Sputnik V vaccine will be effective against the Indian mutation, because "double vaccination with Sputnik V gives a high titer of protective immunoglobulins, even if the antigen is changed."