Germany has reservations about the Russian vaccine against "Corona"
Today, Tuesday, the German Ministry of Health showed a conservative response to the Coronavirus vaccine, which Russia announced, today, Tuesday.
The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, had announced earlier in the day that the world's first anti-corona virus vaccine had been registered, and he said that one of his daughters had obtained it.
State media quoted Putin as saying, during a meeting with members of the government, via video: "I have been informed that a vaccine against the Corona virus was registered this morning, for the first time in the world."
In statements to the "Deutschland" newspaper editorial network, a spokeswoman for the German Ministry of Health said: "There are no known data yet regarding the quality, effectiveness and non-danger of the Russian vaccine."
The spokeswoman added that "the approval of a vaccine in Europe requires, in addition to proving its pharmacological quality, the availability of sufficient information from clinical trials to prove its effectiveness and risk."
The spokeswoman considered that a positive result must be demonstrated for the risk of using the drug compared to its benefit before it can be used on a large scale.
It is noteworthy that the vaccine was developed by the National "Gamalia" Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology Research, affiliated to the Russian Ministry of Health, and was tested on a small number of people as part of a study.
The authorization to take the drug before the results of large clinical studies are released conflicts with the usual international procedure.
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