Sputnik Light showed efficiency at 93.5% in Paraguay

This is reported by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

"RDIF announces the data of the Ministry of Health of Paraguay, demonstrating high safety indicators of the single-component vaccine" Sputnik Light "and the effectiveness of 93.5% in the course of mass vaccination in the country," - reports Interfax.

It is noted that the efficiency indicator is based on data from 320 thousand people vaccinated with Sputnik Light by July 30.

Sputnik Light is the first component of the Sputnik V vaccine.

Earlier, the head of RDIF, Kirill Dmitriev, on the occasion of the anniversary of the registration of the world's first vaccine against coronavirus Sputnik V, noted that the Russian drug had proven its safety and effectiveness.