Sputnik V

Sputnik V is the Russian Gamaleya Research Institute's vaccine against covid-19.

Sputnik V, named after the Earth's first artificial satellite.

"V" в названии нашей вакцины означает победу (от англ. Victory. — Прим. ред.), и мы желаем народу Аргентины победы над этим заболеванием", — объяснил он.

Other names

 * (ru) Гам-КОВИД-Вак
 * Gam-Covid-Vac

External

 * sputnikvaccine.com
 * Sputnik moment

News

 * 17 Feb 2021, Politico.eu, Russia’s ‘geopolitical’ vaccine: Is Sputnik too good to be true?: The homegrown shot gives Moscow the opportunity to inject itself into European politics.
 * 2 Feb 2021, Politico.eu, Russian coronavirus vaccine achieves over 90 percent efficacy: Lancet: The clinical trial also analyzed people over 60 and found the jab was 91.8 percent effective.
 * 21 Jan 2021, Politico.eu, Hungary becomes first EU country to approve Russia’s coronavirus vaccine