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Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk expressed his hope that Ukrainian and German scientists can work together on a coronavirus vaccine.
German laboratories are testing Ukrainian drugs, which can later be used to treat the coronavirus. About this in an interview “Radio Libertad” said the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk.
According to him, an agreement on such cooperation was reached between Ukrainian and German scientists during a video conference by Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.
“We really have a very good experience. [сотрудничества в сфере борьбы с COVID-19]. It is in German laboratories that some Ukrainian drugs that can be used to treat coronavirus are being tested. We are working very actively on this, and I hope there will be joint initiatives in the development of the vaccine, so we are trying to bring together the institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine with the main centers working in Germany, “said Melnik .
What type of drugs are in question, the diplomat did not specify.
On April 12, Ukraine’s chief medical doctor Viktor Lyashko said Ukraine’s President Vladimir Zelensky was ready to pay $ 1 million to Ukrainian scientists who invent a drug or vaccine for the coronavirus. Doctor of Biological Sciences, an active member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sergey Komisarenko, noted that such studies will cost at least $ 100 million, in addition, in Ukraine there are no certified laboratories with the necessary level of protection.
On May 6, Lyashko admitted that vaccines were not being developed in Ukraine.
There are still no special medications for COVID-19 coronavirus infection, now only symptomatic treatment for this disease is administered. The World Health Organization noted that various medications can help improve well-being and relieve symptoms of COVID-19, but so far there is no evidence that any medications can prevent or treat this disease.
The WHO believes that the coronavirus will pose a serious threat until they invent a vaccine.
There are 119 coronavirus vaccine projects worldwide, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said April 28.
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