Russia has registered a third vaccine against Covid-19 – News

“Today, Russia is the only country to have three vaccines,” Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a government meeting.

This is the third Russian-made vaccine, after the country registered the vaccine Sputnik V, in August, and EpiVacCorona, in October.

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Registration of CoviVac He assumes that phase 3 of the tests will be successful, scheduled for March with 3,000 people, according to official sources.

Clinical trials of the vaccine were carried out in 2020 in the cities of Novosibirsk, Saint Petersburg and Kirov with 400 people.

According to the Ministry of Health, the vaccine is stored at temperatures of 2 to 8 degrees, with a shelf life of six months.

Unlike the first two, this use an inactive virus, a more traditional technology. The health portfolio explained that it is a recommended vaccine for people between the ages of 18 and 60, the news agency reported AFP.

Meanwhile, the Russian government is stepping up efforts to meet global demand for the other two inoculants being developed in the country.

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“We are speeding up vaccine production. More than 10 million doses of Sputnik V and 80,000 EpiVacCorona have already been produced, ”explained Mishustin.

More than 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in 107 countries and territories, official data shows, 90% of which are in high-income and upper-middle-income countries, according to the Bank’s classification global.

In fact, almost half of the world’s vaccinations (45%) have been performed the rich nations of the G7 (United States, Canada, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Japan), which hardly represent 10% of the world’s population.