Russia to start applying another coronavirus vaccine in March – Telam

Nail new vaccine against the coronavirus, developed by the Chumakov Immune Center, could begin to be distributed in Russia in March, reported Sunday the director of the scientific research institute, Konstantin Chernov.

The Chumakov Center is located in the last part of the second phase of clinical trials of the new coronavirus prevention vaccine, which is currently being tested for effectiveness in a group of volunteers, Sputnik news agency reported.

“We have to wait until it starts to be distributed in the country, it will probably happen in March”Chernov told the Rossiya 1 television channel, while expressing hope that the new vaccine will be “the most comprehensive”.

To date, the Russian Ministry of Health authorized the use of two anticovid vaccines, Sputnik V, del Centro Gamaleya, and EpiVacCorona, from Vector.

Moscow, one of the regions hardest hit by the pandemic, launched the vaccination campaign on December 5.

There is a candidate for a third Russian vaccine, Ural, from the Medsintez company, which is still at the stage of preclinical testing, and a dozen drugs under development at various Russian scientific centers.

As vaccine production continues to advance, Russia has recorded 23,586 new infections and 481 deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, numbers slightly lower than yesterday when 24,092 infections and 590 deaths were reported, the operations center reported. national fight against it. coronavirus.

Most of the new infections were detected in the Russian capital (4,012), St. Petersburg (3,316) and Moscow province (1,426), the Russian news agency reported.

The cumulative number of cases is 3,568,209, 0.7% more than the previous day, and a total of 65,566 deaths.