The Russian Defense Ministry said it had developed a “safe” coronavirus vaccine (Representation)
Moscow:
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that it had developed a “safe” coronavirus vaccine following clinical trials on a group of volunteers.
The ministry said 18 people participated in the research and were released without “serious adverse events, health problems, complications or side effects”.
The results of the trials “allow us to speak with confidence about the safety and tolerability of the vaccine,” he said in a statement.
The Defense Ministry did not say whether the vaccine was effective, but a doctor working on the trials said the volunteers were now protected from the coronavirus.
“Their immunity works well, antibodies are created, they are protected against the coronavirus,” explained researcher Svetlana Volchikhina in a video published by the Ministry of Defense.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin, at the height of the epidemic in Russia in late May, that military researchers were developing a vaccine with scientists from the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow.
The volunteers were isolated at the Burdenko Military Hospital in Moscow on June 18 when the test vaccine was administered and subjected to daily checks.
The Defense Ministry said that “for 28 days after the vaccination, the volunteers’ vital signs remained within normal limits”.
“We now know that we are 100% protected,” said Yury, a member of the military who participated in the tests, upon leaving the hospital.
A second group of participants vaccinated on June 23 is currently isolated in hospital under medical supervision.
The Defense Ministry said it expects the clinical trials to be fully completed by the end of July.
Russia has registered the fourth highest number of coronavirus infections in the world with 746,369 cases and nearly 12,000 deaths, health officials said on Wednesday.
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