COVID-19 Update: Russia To Give The World Its First Vaccine For Coronavirus Tomorrow

Russia to launch the first-ever vaccine for novel coronavirus tomorrow after successfully completing almost all the phases of human clinical trials. By Tanvi Jain

 

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Russia is all set to launch the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine tomorrow, for which six candidates from different parts of the world are already in the third phase of the trial, and as per reports, one has even successfully finished all the phases of human clinical trials.  

At present, the country has two vaccine candidates – one developed by the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR, and the other one by the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology along with the Russian Defence Ministry. 

“Clinical trials of a Coronavirus vaccine developed by the Gamaleya center are over, paperwork is underway for the vaccine’s registration,” Russian News Agency TASS quoted Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko. 

 

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He even informed of his plans to start the vaccination campaign by October, adding, “We plan wider [vaccination] for October because we need to launch a new system of treatment gradually.” 

“I can tell you, from the first and second phase we have a hundred per cent of people developing immunity after day 21. It doubles after the second shot. Hundred per cent of animals were also protected [against the novel Coronavirus],” the agency had earlier reported Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev as saying. 

As per a report by the Bloomberg, “The drug developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute and the Russian Direct Investment Fund may be approved for civilian use within three to seven days of registration by regulators.” 

 

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While, Russia’s methods are facing a backlash by the pharmaceutical experts worldwide, many of whom are blaming the country for putting so many lives at risk, in a bid to win the race to be the first one to launch the vaccine, Alexander Gintsburg, Director of the Gamaleya National Research Centre, has assured that the vaccine can do no harm to the human body. “The particles and objects that can reproduce their own kind are the ones that are considered alive. The particles in question cannot multiply,” he told Sputnik News. 

Moreover, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to volunteer for the first shot of Russia’s COVID- 19 vaccine. 

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