Russia to start applying another vaccine in March

A new vaccine against him coronavirus, developed by the Immunological Center Chumakov, may begin to be distributed within Russia in March, the director of the scientific research institute, Konstantin Chernov, reported this Sunday.

He Centro Chumakov is in the final phase of the second stage of clinical trials of the new drug to prevent Covid-19, whose effectiveness is currently being tested in a group of volunteers.

“We have to wait for it to begin to be distributed within the country, it will probably happen in March,” Chernov told Rossiya 1 television channel about the new Chumakov vaccine.

The scientist expressed his hope that the new vaccine is “the most complete”. “In the virus so far found more than 50 different proteins“announced the director of the Chumakov Center, adding that these new data were taken into account in the creation of the drug.

To date, the Russian Ministry of Health has authorized the use of two vaccines anticovid: Sputnik V, del Centro Gamaleya, y EpiVacCorona, de Vector.

There is a candidate for vaccine moreover, Ural, from the Medsíntez company, still in the preclinical testing stage, and a dozen drugs that are in the development process in various Russian scientific centers.

Moscow, one of the areas most affected by the pandemic, began the vaccination campaign on December 5 with Sputnik V.

Coronavirus in Russia

As vaccine production continues to advance, Russia registered 23,586 new infections and 481 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hoursFigures slightly lower than yesterday’s when 24,092 infections and 590 deaths were reported, reported the national operational center for the fight against coronavirus.

Most of the new infections were detected in the Russian capital (4,012), in Saint Petersburg (3,316) and in the Moscow province (1,426), the Russian news agency reported.

The accumulated number of cases is 3,568,209, 0.7% more compared to the previous day, and 65,566 total deaths.

Source: Sputnik and Télam

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