According to Roshal, the results of vaccination will be noticeable no earlier than "a year or two" after the creation of the vaccine.

“But we cannot stop the whole country for this period. We should calmly walk along the edge of the knife, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

He also expressed the opinion that the coronavirus "will end its aggressive existence" after receiving the majority of those who have recovered from immunity and vaccination of the population.

Earlier it became known that the Ministry of Health of Russia will begin clinical trials of a vaccine against coronavirus infection in five to six months.