Manila, June 16 -- The Sputnik V vaccine is more effective against the Delta strain of the coronavirus than any other vaccine that published results on that strain, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a statement on the vaccine's Twitter account.

"Sputnik V is more efficient against the Delta variant of coronavirus, first detected in India, than any other vaccine that published results on this strain so far - the Gamaleya Center study submitted for publication in an international peer-reviewed journal," according to the statement.

In late April, Alexander Gintsburg, head of the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, which developed the vaccine, said Sputnik V produces enough antibodies to battle...