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More than 1 lakh people already vaccinated against COVID-19: Russia

07:08 PM Dec 03, 2020 | Sharanya Alva |

Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that more than one lakh people have already been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the country.

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He made the statement while presenting the Sputnik V vaccine to the United Nations over a video link. Russia became the first country to register the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine in August, which the country says is 92% effective.

Last month, Russia said that its vaccine is 92 per cent effective at protecting people from the Covid-19, according to the first interim analysis.

The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Russia has reached 2,327,105, Johns Hopkins University and Medicine reported on Thursday.

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