President Vladimir Putin of Russia Doing a COVID-19 Vaccine Test nasal spray type that have not yet undergone clinical trials This is his fourth round of total coronavirus vaccinations, the leader said on Wednesday (Nov 24).
Putin received a Sputnik booster vaccination. Russian-made Light on Sunday (Nov. 21), six months after the second injection of Sputnik V and after receiving the booster. The president volunteered to take part in a nasal spray vaccine trial being developed by the Gamalaya Center. Producer of Sputnik V and the single-dose vaccine Sputnik Light.
During a meeting with the Cabinet that was televised on Wednesday, Putin said he felt nothing after receiving the nasal spray vaccine. nose I go out to play sports in the morning. So that I can confirm that everything is evolving the way our scientists say it,” he told the cabinet.
in mid-October Russian Ministry of Health approves clinical trial of Sputnik V nasal spray developed by the Gamalaya Center According to the RIA Novosti news agency.
Denis Logunov, Deputy Director of the Gamalaya Center He told Putin in a teleconference after the injection on Sunday that the center was still testing the effectiveness of the nasal spray vaccine, and Putin responded by asking Logoon. Aoff replied, “Will he be able to participate in this trial?”
Logunov said the nasal spray vaccine was developed to boost immunity. which with COVID-19 as a reference “Immunization of our organs in the nose and pharynx”
“We know that vaccination via intramuscular injection is effective. But it has limited effectiveness in boosting the immune system. As can be seen in cases of so-called breakthrough infection and symptomatic illness. We need to deliver the vaccine through the mucous membranes to induce protective immunity.”
From the words of Lokunov nasal spray vaccine “Only a small conclusion remains. Then it goes into clinical trials. and after Of course, we have plans to start distributing the new vaccine,” Logunov said. “It’s easy to use, painless and, of course, has minimal side effects.”
Russia lags behind most countries of the world in terms of vaccinating its citizens. Even being the first country in the world to approve a vaccine That is Sputnik C, which was approved in August 2020.
In the latest data in October Only 47.8 million Russians have received the first dose of vaccine and 42.4 million have received the second dose in a country of about 146 million.
Russia is struggling to curb COVID-19 cases. which has been increasing steadily in the past few weeks And the latest data from Johns Hopkins University shows that the country has so far had 262,733 deaths from COVID-19.
(Source: CNN)
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