Russia is preparing to approve a vaccine for the time being opposed to COVID-19 in September or early October, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said on Wednesday. In a televised government meeting, Golikova told President Vladimir Putin that initial clinical trials of the vaccine, developed through the Institute of Vector Virology in Siberia, would be completed until the end of September.
For more information about coronavirus, our compromised page. “To date, there have been no headaches among those vaccinated in the first stage and at the time of the test,” he said. Earlier this month, Russia became the first country to grant regulatory approval for a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing.
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The approved vaccine, named “Sputnik V” in honor of the world’s first satellite introduced through the Soviet Union, has been hailed as effective by Russian authorities. But Western experts are skeptical of Russia’s approval of “Sputnik V”, and caution is against its use until approved tests and regulatory action have been taken around the world. RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, said on Wednesday that it was beginning the last phase of clinical trials of “Sputnik V. “
For all the newest titles, stay on our Google News channel online or through the app. He announced that another 40,000 people would participate in the final trials and that similar trials would also take place in five other countries. Sergei Sobianin, the mayor of Moscow, said that citizens of the Russian capital can simply apply to participate in the trials. These latest trials, carried out in large numbers of people, are considered essential precursors for a vaccine to gain regulatory approval.