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Sputnik and AFP
Newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, March 29, 2022, p. 13
Moscow. Sputnik V has become the world’s first covid-19 vaccine with proven efficacy for HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy, the Russian Fund for Direct Investment and the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology reported yesterday. reference to the results of a study published in the medical journal The Lancet.
For the first time, scientific data on the effectiveness of the coronavirus antigen for people living with HIV has been published. The effectiveness of Sputnik V for this category of the population was 79 percent
says the statement.
The effectiveness of Sputnik V against hospitalization of people with HIV exceeded 90 percent, and in moderate and severe cases of the disease, more than 97 percent.
Furthermore, inoculation with Sputnik V reduced the risk of coronavirus infection by 2.5- to 3.3-fold between HIV-positive people receiving antiretroviral therapy and those with immune disorders.
It also indicates that Sputnik V could be the best solution to protect the health of people with HIV, for whom infection by covid-19 is a great danger.
The authors of the study highlight that according to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 23 percent of people with HIV hospitalized with coronavirus infection have died.
Data analysis was performed by specialists from the Nikolai Gamaleya Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, in conjunction with the Moscow Center for AIDS Prevention and Control.
Vaccines for migrants on the border with Mexico
On the other hand, the United States government will offer vaccines against covid-19 to migrants detained at the border with Mexico, according to two sources familiar with the planning and confirmed by the Department of Homeland Security (DNS), reported CNN.
The DNS will initially be able to provide up to 2,700 antigens per day, he said in a notice to Congress obtained by CNN, and increase to 6,000 per day by the end of May.
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre reported that he tested positive for covid upon his return on Saturday from a trip to Europe with US President Joe Biden.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has tested positive for covid-19, his office announced, after a meeting the day before yesterday in Jerusalem between him and the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken.
