Vaccine against COVID-19 from Russia is ready for mass production

A government official said on Tuesday that Russia's first vaccine against the novel coronavirus is ready and plans to start mass production of vaccine against novel coronavirus in August.

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Ruslan Tsalikov, the first deputy defense minister, said two groups of volunteers have successfully completed clinical trials, with all of them having “built up immunity.”

“At the time of discharge, all the volunteers, without exception, built up immunity to the coronavirus and felt well. Thus, the first domestic vaccine against a new coronavirus infection is ready,” he said in an interview.
The vaccine was jointly developed by the Gamaleya National Research Centre for Epidemiology and Microbiology and the Main Military Clinical Burdenko Hospital, he added.

Tsalikov cited that the Russian military has several contributions to developing a vaccine against Ebola virus. Thus, they have a significant scientific potential and extensive experience in vaccine development.

Another official supposed that Russian companies may have the go signal for mass production of the Covid-19 by August. The next phase of clinical trials will end on Aug. 3 then the third phase will be launched in Russia, Turkey, the UAE, and Africa according to Kirill Dmitriyev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).

“We expect approval from regulatory bodies in the Russian Federation in August, and immediately after that we plan to start mass production at the sites of the RDIF’s R-Pharm and Alium companies. We expect approval in other partner countries in September,” he said in a statement.
The official said Russia aims to produce 200 million doses of the vaccine by the end of the year in partnership with five other countries, which he did not name.

Dmitriyev mentioned that there will be 30 doses that will be made in Russia and the rest in other countries. He also added that Russia is also planning to produce the vaccine being developed by Oxford University in cooperation with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.

The Russian vaccine will be delivered together with a unique patented test that identifies special antibodies in the human body that attack the crown-like spikes of the coronavirus, the official said.

“I was myself inoculated with the Russian vaccine. I developed a stable immunity after 20 days, before getting the second maintenance dose, which should extend the immunity to two years,” he said.

Meanwhile, the daily figure of new coronavirus cases in Russia remained below 6,000 on Tuesday. As many as 5,842 more infections raised the country’s total count to 783,328, with fatalities now over 12,500 and recoveries exceeding 562,000. 

For now, the number of coronavirus cases in Russia stayed below 6, 000 on Tuesday. As many as 5,842 more infections raised the country’s total count to 783,328, with fatalities now over 12,500 and recoveries exceeding 562,000.
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