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Russia's Sputnik V vaccine may also effectively protect animals from COVID-19, says  developer

Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 15 Apr 2021, 09:55 pm Print

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine may also effectively protect animals from COVID-19, says  developer Sputnik V

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Moscow/Sputnik: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine may also effectively protect animals from COVID-19, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the Russian Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology Microbiology that developed the drug, told Sputnik.

“I do believe that Sputnik V will also effectively protect animals, but we should vaccinate people at first,” Gintsburg said.

He stressed that animals should be vaccinated not only for their protection, but also to stop animal-to-human transmission.