UAE - Mubasher: The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) has approved the Russian single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine against the coronavirus.

Based on human adenovirus serotype 26 which is the first component of the Sputnik V vaccine, the Sputnik Light vaccine has also been approved by the UAE as a booster shot, according to a press release on Wednesday.

Sputnik Light has proven effectiveness against all new strains of coronavirus, as demonstrated by the Gamaleya Centre, with 78.6-83.7% efficacy among the elderly, based on the data from the Ministry of Health of the Buenos Aires province in Argentina.

In January 2021, the UAE's regulatory authorities also authorised the two-dose Sputnik V, the world's first registered vaccine against COVID-19.