OREANDA-NEWS. The effectiveness of the vaccine Sputnik V in the final test checkpoint is 91.4 %. This was reported the manufacturer of the drug, the Russian Direct Investment Fund. “The effectiveness of the vaccine Sputnik V is 91.4 % according to the analysis of data at the final test after 21 days after the volunteers received the first component of the vaccine,” the message reads.

It notes that the calculation of efficacy was carried out on the basis of data on 22,714 volunteers who received the first and second injections of the vaccine or placebo, at the third, final control point, there were 78 sick volunteers, of whom 16 received the vaccine, the rest placebo. Among the vaccinated cases, not a single severe case of the disease was identified, and among those who received placebo there were 20 such cases.

“The effectiveness of the Sputnik V vaccine against severe cases of coronavirus infection is 100 %,” the report adds.