“We have applied for participation in the WHO international tender for the supply of vaccines,” TASS quotes him.

At the same time, Ishmukhametov stressed that supplies to the international market of the corresponding vaccine will be carried out only "after the full satisfaction of Russia's needs for preventive drugs against COVID-19."

Earlier, the director of the Gamaleya Center, Alexander Gintsburg, called the possible dates for the start of clinical trials of a vaccine against coronavirus infection COVID-19 for children.

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Health Protection Committee, Doctor of Medical Sciences Nikolai Govorin, in an interview with FAN, commented on the situation with COVID-19 in Russia.