Russian health: all national vaccines are valid for repeat vaccination

A few days ago, the Russian Ministry of Health issued temporary recommendations entitled: “The behavior of the adult population during the Corona virus epidemic and its response to ‘Covid-19’.

In particular, the recommendations indicated that all Russian vaccines against the Corona virus can be used to vaccinate those who have recovered from “Covid-19” and to repeat the vaccination of those who received the vaccine more than 6 years ago. month.

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The group of Russian vaccines recommended by the Ministry of Health to be used for this purpose includes the vaccines “Sputnik-V” and “Sputnik-Lite”, which were developed by the Russian Center “Gamalia”, the vaccine “Coviwak” developed by the Russian center “Chumakov” and the vaccine “Abivac Corona” the Russian center Victor.

The Ministry of Health stressed the need to respect the sequence and dates of use of the mentioned vaccines, whether during the first vaccination for those who had not received a vaccine before and those who had recovered from the vaccine. “Covid-19” or when the vaccination has been repeated.

The Health Ministry said that “Sputnik-V” requires the injection of two doses, provided that one dose is separated from another by a period of at least 21 days.

As for the “Abivac Corona” vaccine, two doses must be injected, with an interval of 14-21 days between them. The “Quivak” vaccine also requires the injection of two doses 14 days apart, knowing that the Russian “Chumakov” Center wishes to increase this period to 21-28 days to increase the effectiveness of the vaccine.

As for the “Sputnik-Lite” vaccine, it only requires a single dose injection.

The recommendations indicated that the “Sputnik” vaccine did not lose its effectiveness within 12 months of receipt. But under the conditions of a generalized outbreak of the epidemic, this period is reduced to 6 months. Therefore, the Ministry of Health has recommended that anyone who received the vaccine more than 6 months ago repeat the vaccine.

Source: Komsomolskaya Pravda

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