Russia plays down infections in doctors who got COVID vaccine claimed to be 92% effective

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At least four Russian health care workers given the country's first COVID-19 vaccine have contracted the coronavirus, as its developers claim human trials show their formula is 92% effective.

The head of the lab behind the Sputnik vaccine said this week that as many as 50,000 people — again, not clinical trial participants — have been given the vaccine.

Officials in the Siberian region of Altai reported Tuesday that three of the 42 local medics who received the two-dose Sputnik V vaccine had become infected with the coronavirus after getting their first shot, but they said it was because the drug didn't have a chance to work, not because it was ineffective.