COVID-19 hospitalisations fall in Russia's lone vaccine stronghold
The Peninsula
BELGOROD, Russia - Doctor Sergei Pashkov is on the front line of a rare success story for Russia's torpid COVID-19 vaccination campaign: In the Belgorod region where he works, 50% of adults have been fully vaccinated and pressure on hospitals has eased.
The epidemiological picture in Belgorod, around 580 km (360 miles) south of Moscow, provides the best real-world evidence yet that mass inoculations of Russia's Sputnik V can reduce the number of serious COVID-19 cases. The European Union has yet to approve Sputnik V for use in the 27-nation bloc, citing the need for further information, though some individual member states have moved to buy it.
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