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| Australia opens borders for people vaccinated with Sputnik V | Australia opens borders for people vaccinated with Sputnik V |
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| Travelers vaxxed with Russian-made Covid vaccine may now enter Australia | Travelers vaxxed with Russian-made Covid vaccine may now enter Australia |
| The Australian government has officially allowed people with proof they have been fully vaccinated with the Sputnik V Covid vaccine to enter the country, starting Monday. | The Australian government has officially allowed people with proof they have been fully vaccinated with the Sputnik V Covid vaccine to enter the country, starting Monday. |
| Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said it reviewed data provided by Moscow which shows that the vaccine “provides protection and potentially reduces the likelihood that an incoming traveler would transmit Covid-19 infection to others while in Australia or become acutely unwell due to Covid-19.” | Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said it reviewed data provided by Moscow which shows that the vaccine “provides protection and potentially reduces the likelihood that an incoming traveler would transmit Covid-19 infection to others while in Australia or become acutely unwell due to Covid-19.” |
| “The data indicated that two doses of the Sputnik V (Gamaleya Institute) showed an average efficacy against symptomatic infection of 89% and against hospitalization or death of 98-100%,” the regulator said in a statement on its website. | “The data indicated that two doses of the Sputnik V (Gamaleya Institute) showed an average efficacy against symptomatic infection of 89% and against hospitalization or death of 98-100%,” the regulator said in a statement on its website. |
| Vaccination with Sputnik Light, the single-dose version of Sputnik V, will not be considered proof of full vaccination as of yet, the TGA noted. | |
| Created by Moscow’s Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Sputnik V became the world’s first registered Covid-19 vaccine in 2020. It has since been authorized for emergency use in around 70 countries. | |