MINSK, 14 May (BelTA) – More than 2,000 other people have already participated in the COVID-19 collective immunity test in Belarus, said National Centre for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health Irina Glinskaya, BelTA has learned
By May 14 at 12:00 p. m. , another 2238 people had already come to blood transfusion stations to participate in the test, Glinskaya said. In total, the exam will involve 12,000 volunteers. They’ve all already been recruited.
On 14 May, the study of collective immunity opposed to COVID-19 was initiated in Belarus, said Alina Dronina, deputy director of the National Research Centre on Epidemiology and Microbiology, the first level of the study on immunity after infection. provided through Russia The current level will read about immunity after vaccination.
“The test will be conducted at the Vaccine Prevention Diseases Laboratory of the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, which has extensive experience in conducting large-scale demographic studies to analyze immunity to measles, mumps, polio and chickenpox. , the exam will be carried out through the same people, which will allow us to download the maximum representative and comparable data,” explained Alina Dronina.
Blood transfusion stations collect blood serum from blood drawn from volunteers and send it to the laboratory of the National Research Center on Epidemiology and Microbiology Research The research will be carried out within 24 hours, the effects will be charged in the database and emailed to the participants.
The study is designed to download data on the proportion of other people immunized against COVID-19 versus COVID-19 in each age group. Belarus will use the effects to adjust, if necessary, its reaction measures to COVID-19. “I think Belarus is more likely to take these measures, especially in some regions, rather than accentuate them,” Glinskaya said.
Results related to their immunity to infection do not influence other people’s resolve to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine, Glinskaya said. “Regardless of their coronavirus immunity, other people get vaccinated,” he said.
The minimum period between the first and momentary doses of the Sputnik V vaccine is 21 days, Glinskaya said. In some conditions (e. g. in the case of acute fitness problems, an outbreak of chronic disease and paint displacement), this Russian studies show that it is imaginable to expand intelligent immunity against COVID-19, if the period between doses can be up to 90 days. “For the Chinese vaccine, the minimum period deserves to be 21 to 28 days. If, due to certain circumstances, this period is longer, it is advisable to shoot the moment as soon as possible,” added Irina Glinskaya.
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