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Sputnik V is 'the vaccine for mankind' says Russian investment fund after the Lancet review

AFP, 03 Feb 2021
Kirill Dmitriyev, the head of Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) which financed the development of the two-dose Sputnik V jab, reacts to the internationally peer reviewed data published in The Lancet, saying that "Sputnik V is the vaccine for mankind". Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6 percent effective against symptomatic Covid-19, according to results published in The Lancet that independent experts said allayed transparency concerns over the jab, which Moscow is already rolling out.

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