Russia has registered its third coronavirus vaccine, CoviVac

Russia has registered its third COVID-19 vaccine, a step prior to the final phase of clinical trials, the Prime Minister announced on Saturday.

“From mid-March, the first 120,000 doses (of the third vaccine) will be available. Russia is now the only country to have three vaccines“Mijail Mishustin congratulated himself at a government meeting.

Baptized “CoviVacThis third vaccine was manufactured by the Moscow Chumakov Research Center. Russia has already registered the Sputnik V vaccine in August and EpiVacCorona in October, and vaccinates its population.

The first vaccine, whose announcement, deemed too rapid, aroused international suspicion, now enjoys the recognition of the scientific community after a study published in the medical journal The Lancet, validated by independent experts. At the moment used in about 20 countries and Russian authorities are trying to strike production deals around the world to meet demand. At the same time, attempts are made to increase the supply of vaccines for Russian citizens.

“We are speeding up vaccine production. Over 10 million doses of Sputnik V and 80,000 EpiVacCorona have already been producedMishustin explained on Saturday.

The recording of “CoviVac” assumes that it passes to phase 3 of the trials, scheduled for March with 3,000 people, according to official sources.

Unlike the first two vaccines, this one uses an inactivated virus, a more traditional technology. The Ministry of Health explained that it is a vaccine Recommended for people between 18 and 60 years old.

Russia has recorded 4.13 million cases of COVID-19, numbers that place it in fourth place in the world in number of infections, behind the United States, India and Brazil.

But their official data is partial since it only counts those who died from COVID confirmed after an autopsy. As of Wednesday, more than 82,000 official deaths were recorded in Russia, but the Russian statistical office estimated late last year that there were 162,000 coronavirus-related deaths in the country.

Maduro thanked Putin for Sputnik V vaccine supplies

The dictator of Venezuela, Nicolas maduro, thanked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Poutine, for him supply of the first 100,000 doses of Russian vaccine Sputnik V, as reported by the Kremlin.

The two had a phone conversation this Friday, during which “they paid great attention to cooperation in the fight against the coronavirus,” the Russian presidency said in a statement.

Venezuela began the COVID-19 vaccination campaign for healthcare workers on Thursday after receiving the first batch of the Russian remedy last Saturday, a small part of the ten million doses agreed with Russia.

The Venezuelan explained that later the “social” personnel who “protect” people in the streets, the security forces and the high authorities of the regime will be immunized, including the deputies elected on December 6, 1992.% of the ruling parties , in certain legislative acts which have been qualified as fraud by the opposition sector led by Juan Guaidó.

Last Wednesday, Maduro praised Sputnik V, which he described in a press conference broadcast by Miraflores Palace as “the most advanced vaccine” and “the safest in the world”, and said he would be vaccinated with his wife, Cilia Flores, as soon as that “the time will come”.

(With information from AFP)

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