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Sputnik V vaccine: the 2,000 vaccinated Russians were not infected again

October 12, 2020
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Among the 2,000 volunteers who received the required two doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine , no person is infected with it coronavirus stated the director of the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology (Moscow ), Alexander Guintsburg, to The Eastern Herald.

This specialist denied the information disseminated about some alleged cases of covid-19 after the administration of the first and second vaccines, despite the appearance of antibodies in the blood of the participants.

The person is considered vaccinated against coronavirus on day 21 after the second vaccination, which means that you have to wait until day 42, he explained Ginsburg.

“If by the fourth or fifth-day antibodies begin to be generated, in the best case the 15th or after 21-28 the plateau phase is reached”, stable production levels, detailed the scientist.

Likewise, the person responsible for Gamaleya Institute urged not to confuse the terms ‘get sick’ and ‘get infected’.

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