“The vaccine of the Ministry of Health of Russia against COVID-19 in the process. By May 31, specialists plan to complete the full range of preclinical studies and switch to clinical trials on the first day of summer, ”he said on the Russia 24 television channel.
Myasnikov stressed that these dates are not final.
Earlier it was reported that clinical trials of the coronavirus vaccine, which are being conducted by the State Scientific Center "Vector" of Rospotrebnadzor, are planned to begin in June.
According to the center’s researcher Natalya Dumchenko, clinical trials will be started only after obtaining permission from the Russian Ministry of Health and approval by the ethics committee both at the Ministry of Health and at the clinical research center.