The first component of Sputnik V reappeared in Moscow

The first component of the vaccine has reappeared at all CORONAVIRUS vaccination points in Moscow, the press service of the Moscow City HEALTH Department told RBC.

On March 4, the city authorities announced that the first component of Sputnik V had ended in medical facilities. The portal of the mayor and the government of Moscow talked about the expected supply from the Ministry of Health. On the same day, the agency reported that the batches of the drug had already been distributed and sent to the capital.

Now, both components of the vaccine are available in the medical institutions subordinated to the Moscow City Healthcare. “The delivery of the first component of the vaccine from the Russian Ministry of Health has been made to Moscow medical institutions,” the department said.

At the same time, the EpiVacCorona, KoviVac, Sputnik Light vaccines are still not available, according to the capital government portal. The delivery of the latter is expected - this drug is a light version of Sputnik V and is intended for re-vaccination. Mosgorzdrav reminded that any component of Sputnik is also suitable for revaccination.

In August 2020, RUSSIA was the first in the world to register a vaccine against coronavirus - Sputnik V, developed by the Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology. N.F.Gamalei. The vaccine consists of two components based on adenovirus vectors 26 and 5. RDIF stated that the effectiveness of Sputnik V, based on the analysis of data from 3.8 million vaccinated Russians, was 97.6%. Vaccination is carried out in two components.

"EpiVacKorona" was developed by FBU "Vector" and released into civilian circulation since January 2021. This is a one-component vaccine based on peptide antigens, short pieces of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus proteins that contribute to the production of antibodies in the body. Vaccine "KoviVac" of the Center. Chumakova was registered in Russia at the end of February 2021, it is based on an inactivated (or killed) whole SARS-CoV-2 virus.

According to the latest data from the Russian operational headquarters, almost 90 million people have been fully vaccinated, the herd immunity level is 7.4%. As of March 6, 11,163 new cases of covid-19 infection were detected , 38 people died per day. More than 7.1 million people have been fully vaccinated in Moscow. During the day, 1588 people fell ill in the capital, 11 died.