“The selection of military personnel to participate in vaccine trials was carried out exclusively on a voluntary basis,” the text says.

It is noted that all participants are officers, warrant officers and military personnel who are undergoing military service under the contract.

It is also reported that the participation of contracted military personnel in vaccine trials is in accordance with legal requirements.

Earlier it became known that the number of military recovered from the coronavirus infection COVID-19 in the Armed Forces of Russia reached 4,409.