He noted that the tests are regular, but conclusions while to do early. However, the head of health suggested that in September we will begin more widespread use of the vaccine.
As explained in the Ministry of health, June 18 injection introduced the first 18 volunteers who are now under the supervision of doctors sechenovskiy University. It is men and woman aged 18 to 65 years. Another 20 people are preparing for vaccination at the military hospital named after Burdenko. The drug is developed by the National research centre of epidemiology and Microbiology. N. F. Gamalei.
According to the Minister, in addition to vaccines, we study the action of drugs which are used for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. So, the main drug that is prescribed in Russia, was favipiravir. It is approved by the Ministry of health, but it has a specific control, and until a cure is approved for use only in hospitals. “Issued each package should be archived in a database, and each unsolicited response is sent to the system of pharmacovigilance,” from the words of the head of health.
At the same time, the Minister noted the advantage of another drug, dexamethasone, which who called a breakthrough in the treatment of coronavirus. “He is cheap, so it can be used quite widely, however, there are other drugs with the same effect on the virus,” concluded ant.
