Mass vaccination of Russians from the coronavirus could begin in the fall, said the Director of the National research centre of epidemiology and Microbiology them. N. F. Gamalei Of The Ministry Of Health Alexander Ginzburg.
However, this process can take up to nine months. The number of infected COVID-19 in Russia exceeded 350 thousand., killed more than 3.6 thousand people.
“We hope that the mass vaccination will begin in early fall. But, of course, at one time the entire population will not be able to receive the vaccine, we assume that in the best case it will take months seven of nine months, the process of vaccination and its scale,” said Mr Gunzburg in the program “Live healthy!” on “the First channel” (quoted by TASS).
Among the priority categories as said earlier, another member of the center Viktor Zuev, doctors, and people who work in contact with a large number of people: cashiers, taxi drivers, ushers, volunteers , etc.
Alexander also said earlier that the Center has tested on itself a vaccine against coronavirus, and the tests were successful. Today he spoke about this in more detail. “All the developers who participated in the creation of this vaccine on a voluntary basis proektirovaniy, knowing her safety and of the responsibility that exists in the process of developing a drug, that is, they could not afford to leave nor to isolate themselves, even more so sick we Have not just tested antibodies, we checked the presence of protective antibodies, virusneutralizing,” — said the expert.
Recall the search for a vaccine against coronavirus occupied by hundreds of laboratories around the world. The world health organization said that without a vaccine to beat the pandemic will not succeed. Now in the world in clinical trials started nine research centers. In Russia, clinical trials could begin in June.
