“There must be a special vaccine for children for which special safety requirements must be met. So far, this work has just begun. To say that the vaccine for children will be in the near future or this year, well, it would probably be premature, ”RIA Novosti quoted Popova as saying.

She noted that children who have had coronavirus develop immunity to infection.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that work on creating a vaccine against coronavirus infection COVID-19 is being carried out in accordance with the schedule.