Belarus has become the first country after Russia to start vaccine of people with Sputnik V vaccine against novel coronavirus infection, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Tuesday. "Belarus becomes the first country in the world after Russia to start vaccination of its people against COVID-19 with #SputnikV vaccine," a tweet from the official handle of Sputnik V stated. Developed by the Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, the Sputnik V vaccine is is 91.4% effective in protecting people from COVID-19, according to internal data. Belarus was the first country to officially register Sputnik V after Russia. Other than Belarus, India too will be producing 300 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine.

Source: Mint December 29, 2020 06:56 UTC