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'Sputnik V effectiveness against Omicron 75 pc'

Moscow, Jan 18 (UNI/Sputnik) The effectiveness of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine against the Omicron coronavirus variant is 75 per cent, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of Russia's Gamaleya Research Center, said on Tuesday.
"In the population, the effectiveness of the Sputnik V vaccine in relation to Omicron … is 75 per cent," Gintsburg said in the Rossiya Segodnya press center.
The Gamaleya head added that protection against Omicron increases to 100 per cent if a person receives a Sputnik Light booster dose in six months but decreases to 56-57 per cent if revaccination is not done.
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