RE: Breaking News11 Aug 2020 11:43
Moscow Times:
NOVO-OGAREVO, August 11. / TASS /. Russian President Vladimir Putin, opening a meeting with members of the government, announced the registration of the world's first vaccine against coronavirus infection in Russia.
As far as I know, this morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against a new coronavirus infection has been registered, "the president said.
Putin asked the head of the Ministry of Health Mikhail Murashko to inform in detail about this. “I know that it works quite efficiently, forms a stable immunity and, I repeat, has passed all the necessary checks,” the Russian leader added.
Earlier, Murashko said that clinical trials of a vaccine developed by the National Research Center (SIC) for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. The gamaleis of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation are over.
The mass production of the coronavirus vaccine registered in Russia should be started in the near future, while vaccination will be voluntary, the President of the Russian Federation said. “I hope that we will be able to start mass production in the near future - this is what is important - mass production of this drug,” the head of state said. According to him, this is necessary so that everyone can get such an inoculation. At the same time, Putin stressed that "this, of course, should be done exclusively voluntarily."
The main thing, of course, is that in the future we can ensure the unconditional safety of this vaccine and its effectiveness. I hope that it will be so, "the head of state continued. The President congratulated everyone who worked on the drug. He also expressed gratitude to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko and noted the contribution of Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova." This is a success, I congratulate you once again, "the head of state addressed to the members of the Cabinet.
I hope that our colleagues abroad will also move forward, and that a lot of products will appear on the world market for medicines and vaccines that can be used, "Putin said.
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