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A trial of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has shown the jab produces an immuneresponse, although the study was too small to produce conclusive findings, particularly on safety. All participants in the phase 2 trials (40 participants) produced antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.
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Sahin was addressing a news conference after the vaccine was approved by the European Union, three weeks after the shot was independently backed by the UK’s regulator. But scientifically, it is highly likely that the immuneresponse by this vaccine also can deal with the new virus variants.”.
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This data has been shared with regulators, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and a request for US Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) is planned. Bivalent vaccines work by stimulating an immuneresponse against two different antigens, whereas monovalent vaccines only target one antigen. 1 sub-lineage on 19 July.
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For example, if you become immune but this immunity only lasts for a few weeks, this is not long enough to allow for a good proportion of the population to become infected and then immune as well. Thus, herd immunity wouldn’t work in this scenario.
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