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If the Russian vaccine against coronavirus infection was registered before the third stage of testing, then there is no point in talking about it, says Ukraine’s Health Minister Maxim Stepanov.
There is no Russian vaccine against coronavirus infection, Ukraine’s Health Minister Maxim Stepanov said on December 3 on Ukraine 24 television.
“With regard to the Russian vaccine, I have said more than once that there is no Russian vaccine today. When they say that they have registered a vaccine that has not passed the third stage.” [испытаний] – there is nothing to talk about. The third stage is the largest in which the vaccine is tested, even from the point of view of its safety, “he said.
According to the minister, Ukraine is negotiating the purchase of a US vaccine.
“I constantly meet with our ambassadors, we raise vaccination issues, including the purchase of vaccines from US companies and those in the third stage of clinical trials, firstly Pfizer and Moderna, with whom we are negotiating,” explained Stepanov.
In October, he said there was no talk of buying a Russian vaccine.
An outbreak of coronavirus infection began in late 2019 in China. March 11, 2020 World Health Organization declared the spread of the coronavirus a pandemic. More than 200 potential vaccines for COVID-19 are being developed around the world, said the Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The registration of the world’s first vaccine against coronavirus infection – “Sputnik V” – announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 11. According to him, the vaccine, developed at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, is effective, forms stable immunity and has passed all tests.
Head of Scientific Knowledge of Russian the project Inbio Ventures Ilya Yasny believes the Russian coronavirus vaccine registry contradicts scientific and ethical standards for drug development… He noted that the drug was registered after testing it on several dozen people and the final stage of clinical trials was not carried out. The United States said the Russian vaccine is considered unfinished.
14% of the volunteers vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine developed side effects during the study.
On October 6, the People’s Deputy of the Opposition Platform – For Life, Viktor Medvedchuk, in a meeting with Putin, said that while he was in the annexed Crimea, he had been vaccinated with the Russian vaccine Sputnik V, and his wife and son were also manipulated. The people’s deputy proposed to consider the possibility of introducing this vaccine in Ukraine. Putin replied that it was possible.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Medvedchuk’s speech to Putin cynical. “The European Union has confirmed that it will help Ukraine to obtain a real vaccine when it appears and it will not raise doubts among scientists. Therefore, I do not advise them to believe too much in the electoral ‘initiatives’ of certain cynics who have already been vaccinated with unproven drugs, “said the head of state.
On October 14, Russia announced the registration of the second vaccine “EpiVacCorona”.
