"The first batch of vaccine for the prevention of a new coronavirus infection" Gam-Covid-Vak "(" Sputnik V "), developed by the Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after
Gamalea of the Ministry of Health of Russia, passed the necessary quality tests in the laboratories of Roszdravnadzor and released into civil circulation, ”the ministry said in a statement.
On September 4, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that he had been vaccinated against the coronavirus infection COVID-19.
According to him, he feels normal and did not experience "any fever or any other side effects."
Also, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin at a working meeting with Vladimir Putin said that he had tested the Russian vaccine against coronavirus on himself.
According to the mayor, he tolerated it normally, without fever and with a slight headache.
As the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova noted, the vaccine against coronavirus infection, which is produced by the State Research Center "Vector", must undergo clinical trials by September 30.