Gam-Covid-Vak (Sputnik V) vaccine ampoules against COVID-19. Archival photo MOSCOW, January 14 Those vaccinated with Sputnik V most likely will not get covid caused by the omicron strain, Alexander Gintsburg, director of the Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, told RIA Novosti, noting that he himself was infected with «omicron», but did not get sick, thanks to the protection of the vaccine.
"Those who are vaccinated with "Sputnik" most likely will not get sick with the coronavirus caused by the strain of "omicron" ;, and maybe they won't know they've been ill until they give up antibodies and look at virus neutralization on the "omicron". That's what I did when I flew abroad. If I had not been able to determine in my serum virus-neutralizing antibodies to "omicron" after the trip, I would not have known that I was infected with it,» Gunzburg said.
He explained that a blood test after the trip showed very high titers of virus neutralizing «omicron» antibodies. «That is, I was infected , but I didn’t get sick, there were no symptoms. I was vaccinated with Sputnik V,» Gunzburg emphasized. Vaccination against coronavirus is carried out in all regions of Russia. In August 2020, the Ministry of Health registered the world's first vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology , it was called «Sputnik V». Also in Russia, the vaccines «EpiVacKorona» from the Center «Vector» of Rospotrebnadzor and «KoviVak», developed by the Chumakov Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, were created. In May 2021, the Ministry of Health registered the fourth domestic vaccine («Sputnik Light»), in August — the fifth (EpiVakKorona-N).In November, the first Russian vaccine against coronavirus for adolescents, Sputnik M, received certification. >Named distinctive e symptoms of the omicron strain