Gunzburg explained the registration of the Russian vaccine in a short time

“The Ebola virus vaccine is one of the vaccines that was created on the basis of a universal technology. Based on the technology used to create vaccines against COVID-19. And, of course, all the great experience that was used to create that vaccine was not only useful, but in many respects it was simply transferred as a matrix, respectively, when working on the creation of this vaccine, ”the specialist said.

He explained that we are talking about the doses of immunization for animals and humans.

“Although all this, of course, was checked, but we have already purposefully checked. There weren't any particularly searching moments here. We already knew the concentrations of the virus that need to be injected, starting from a mouse, a monkey, to a person, ”he added.

According to him, the specialists "knew all the features of the drug."

“This means that they knew thoroughly the necessary composition, what should be added to stabilize this drug. All the nuances. Therefore, your question is correct, which also allows you to explain why it was possible to create this in such a short time, "said Gunzburg.

He explained that it was not only "knowledge of the Ebola virus" that helped to create the vaccine.

“The moment the COVID-19 epidemic broke out, we were working to create a vaccine against MERSa. MERS is also a coronavirus. By the way, there is much more mortality than COVID-19, there is up to 40% mortality. And we have advanced in this development, in fact, we have completed the second phase of clinical trials on MERS. And MERS is 80% homologous to COVID-19, ”he added.

As the scientist emphasized, the specialists had “the entire methodological apparatus” at hand.

According to him, the desired sequence, which differs by 20% from MERSa, had to be synthesized and actually introduced into the same structures and carriers that were already used to create a vaccine against MERS.

“And all the concentrations and dosages were already well known to us there,” he said.

In addition, he stated that the development of the vaccine was carried out strictly in accordance with Russian law.

On August 11, Russian leader Vladimir Putin announced the registration of a vaccine against COVID-19 in Russia. It was named "Sputnik V".

According to the president, his daughter experienced the Russian vaccine herself.