“We can make a seasonal (vaccine. - RT ), if, and this is a big, there is a high probability that the coronavirus, at least for several seasons, will remain with us, then we are ready. We have this constructor, moreover, we have already been engaged in the development of a vaccine against influenza, ”RIA Novosti quotes her answer to the question about the possibility of creating a drug that allows vaccination against influenza and coronavirus immediately.
Karpova also said that the multivalent coronavirus vaccine being developed at Moscow State University could reach the level of clinical trials within six months if funding is received.
“We have a polyvalent vaccine, that is, we have universal antigens that will — I hope I don’t have accurate data yet — prevent re-infection even with some genetic changes in the virus,” she said.
At the end of March, the Russian Academy of Sciences reported that, with the participation of their scientists, three vaccines for coronavirus are being developed.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has included the COVID-19 vaccine being developed at Moscow State University in the list of promising ones.
Professor of the State Institution Research Institute of Vaccines and Serums named after I.I. Mechnikov Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Mikhail Kostinov, in an interview with URA.RU, told how to protect oneself from coronavirus.