Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) chairman Kirill Dmitriev was quoted as saying on Saturday on the vaccine’s Twitter account that the Sputnik V anti-coronavirus vaccine has shown good efficiency against the omicron strain of the novel coronavirus.
“You need to make sure vaccine works against current and future mutations. In that regard Sputnik platform is doing very well, showing good virus neutralization against Omicron,” Dmitriev said in a BBC interview.
Booster vaccines, such as Sputnik Light, as well as combinations of current vaccinations, are critical in the fight against novel coronavirus strains, according to him.
The B.1.1.529 variation discovered in South Africa was recognized as a “Variant of Concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO) on November 26 and given the Greek character omicron. “This variation features a huge number of mutations, some of which are worrying,” the WHO said in a statement. There have been 783 Omicron cases diagnosed in Russia thus far.
