Study of Russian vaccine "Sputnik V" called "failure"

Information has appeared online about the end of placebo administration to participants voluntarily participating in

post-registration trials of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V. Some experts said the drug trial was a "disastrous failure."

At the same time, the head of the Gamaleya Center AlexanderGunzburg spoke about the desire to inoculate with a real vaccine those who had previously used placebo, reports RIA Novosti. The Ministry of Health also approved a halt in recruiting new volunteers.

It should be noted that the sources of Medusashared an interesting fact. According to them, with the start of mass vaccination, the volunteers began to withdraw from the trials. This, in turn, led to a decrease in the placebo group, making it difficult to compare the results of those who received the vaccine with those who received a placebo.