ASTRAZENECA TO TEST COMBINATION WITH SPUTNIK V FOR MORE EFFICACY

AstraZeneca has said that it would investigate combining its Covid-19 vaccine with Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine to boost the efficacy of the Covid vaccine. This suggestion was given by the Sputnik V developers on Twitter a month ago. AstraZeneca’s vaccine has an average efficacy of 70.4 percent, according to the data published in a journal. […]

by Shalini Bhardwaj - December 12, 2020, 4:35 am

AstraZeneca has said that it would investigate combining its Covid-19 vaccine with Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine to boost the efficacy of the Covid vaccine. This suggestion was given by the Sputnik V developers on Twitter a month ago.

AstraZeneca’s vaccine has an average efficacy of 70.4 percent, according to the data published in a journal. Russia, meanwhile, has said that Sputnik V is 92 percent effective.