“Nothing else has been invented by mankind to date. Vaccination gave mankind 25 years of life, ”he said on the air of Channel One.

According to Gorelov, the slowdown in the development of a vaccine against COVID-19 is due to the absence of laboratory animals that are sensitive to coronavirus.

Earlier, Rinat Maksyutov, director general of the Vector center, said that human trials of prototypes of the coronavirus vaccine would begin in June.