Those vaccinated with two doses of Sputnik V who are infected “are not a source of danger to others” – Telam

Vaccinated people, if they contract Covid-19 “do not emit viable virus and, therefore, are not a source of danger to others”.

People immune to the two doses of Sputnik V against the coronavirus, if they get sick “They do not emit a viable virus, they are not a source of danger to others” and “they have a 14 times lower risk” of suffering severely from the disease, according to the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, developer of the vaccine.

Vaccinated people, if they become infected with Covid-19 “do not emit viable virus and, therefore, are not a source of danger to others,” said Vladmir Gushchin, head of the Mechanisms of Demographic Variability Laboratory pathogenic microorganisms at the Gamaleya Center at a convention, Russia Today reported on Thursday.

Gushchin also assured that “those who received the two doses of the vaccine, in the event of disease, have a 14 times lower risk of suffering from it moderately and severely”.

Sputnik V is 97.6% efficient, according to the Russian Direct Investment Fund on April 19.

The Sputnik V vaccine uses human adenovirus technology from two different vectors, Ad26 and Ad5, which are given as two injections. It is a technology that does not contain live human adenoviruses, but adenoviral vectors that do not multiply and are completely safe for health.

Until, the drug has been authorized in 66 countries with a total population of over 3,200 million, including Argentina, who started using it at the end of last December.

Sputnik V is 97.6 percent effective, according to the Russian Direct Investment Fund on April 19, after analyzing data from 3.8 million Russian citizens vaccinated.