Russia on Wednesday approved its second coronavirus vaccine after preliminary trials, Reuters reported. The vaccine was developed by the V...
Russia on Wednesday approved its second coronavirus vaccine after preliminary trials, Reuters reported. The vaccine was developed by the Vector Institute in Siberia.
Early-stage human trials of the vaccine were completed last month, but the results have not been published yet. Phase 3 trials of the vaccine are yet to begin.
The announcement of the approval was made by President Vladimir Putin at a meeting. “We need to increase production of the first and second vaccine,” Putin was quoted as saying by the news agency. “We are continuing to cooperate with our foreign partners and will promote our vaccine abroad.”
The vaccine was tested on 100 volunteers, according to AP. The trial participants were between 18 and 60 years of age.
Russia had on September 10 started inoculating volunteers with the “Sputnik V” vaccine against the coronavirus in Moscow. The country had rolled out the first batch of the vaccines for public use on September 8.
The vaccine was found to produce an antibody response in all participants in early-stage trials, according to results published in the medical journal The Lancet.
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