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In a first, Russia registers nasal version of Sputnik V Covid vaccine

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Russian Health Ministry has registered the nasal version of Sputnik V, the world's first nasal vaccine against COVID-19."Russian Health Ministry registers the nasal version of Sputnik V, the world's first nasal vaccine against COVID-19," Sputnik V tweeted on late Friday.In January, the Russian news agency TASS reported that the nasal vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection will be in civil circulation and available for Russians within three to four months, quoting the director of the Gamaleya Centre, Alexander Gintsburg."The nasal vaccine for the civil circulation will be available in three to four months," the Director had said.It will be efficient against the new Omicron coronavirus strain, Gintsburg said."Laboratory tests show the Sputnik V protects against the Omicron in its ordinary injection form, and it will certainly be efficient in the nasal form," he added, according to TASS.In October last year, the Russian Ministry of Health issued the authorization to the Gamaleya