The first batch of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine was released into civilian circulation.

This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Health. 

"The first batch of vaccine for the prevention of a new coronavirus infection" Gam-Covid-Vac "(" 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.

The ministry clarified that deliveries of the first batches of the drug to the regions are expected in the near future.

In turn, the head of the department of the Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F.

Gamalei, Professor Alexander Butenko in an interview with Sputnik radio said that after the completion of the tests, the vaccine will exist in two versions - the usual and lighter, suitable for children.

“There will be two categories of vaccines: for adults and for children.

For children, it will be more gentle and less reactogenic (will cause fewer side effects, -

RT

).

Children have less body weight than adults, so their dosage will be reduced.

In addition, a child's immune system may not be as developed as that of an adult.

One way or another, all vaccines have gradations - for children and for adults, ”Butenko explained.

He also said that before the completion of the stage of mass testing on volunteers, a single formula should be tested on as many people as possible and all possible uses should be determined.

“When testing a vaccine, there should be large enough contingents of people of all age and gender groups.

This should be a comprehensive study, since then the vaccination scheme itself will be extended to a large part of the population, ”the specialist said.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, in Russia in the first half of 2020, the coronavirus was detected in almost 50 thousand children, of which half the infection was mild, in 32% the disease was asymptomatic, and the severe form was noted in only 0.2%. 

"A retrospective analysis in children during this period in the Russian Federation showed that the majority of the new coronavirus infection was mild (49.9%)," RIA Novosti quoted the agency as saying.

Russia was the first in the world to register a vaccine against the coronavirus infection COVID-19.

On August 11, Vladimir Putin announced the registration of the vaccine developed by the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology (NITsEM) named after Honorary Academician N.F.

Gamalei.

The drug was named "Sputnik V".

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The Izvestia newspaper, citing observations of medical workers in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tyumen and Syktyvkar, reported that the Russian drug Surfactant-BL, which was created to treat severe lung injuries, reduced mortality among severely ill with coronavirus from 80% to 14 , 3%.

Surfactant-BL is a natural preparation obtained from the lungs of cattle.

As the head of the research laboratory of anesthesiology and resuscitation of the N.N.

V.A.

Almazova Andrey Bautin, the drug was administered to patients by inhalation, the procedure took 30 minutes twice a day.

"In a group of 28 patients with severe COVID-19 infection who received surfactant therapy, 24 recovered," the physician said.

The day before, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that vaccination of volunteers against coronavirus at the post-registration stage of research would begin this week, after which the first deliveries would be made.

"Next week, the first deliveries of the vaccine will begin, small so far, because all interests must be respected," RIA Novosti quotes the head of the Ministry of Health.

It's too early to say that the situation with the coronavirus pandemic in the country has calmed down, Murashko said.

In addition, he announced the need to get vaccinated against the flu in order to avoid "overlapping with the coronavirus", as well as situations where a patient with the flu would be in the same room with a patient with COVID-19 in hospitals.

In Russia, over the past day, 5,099 new cases of coronavirus were detected, while 6,772 patients recovered, 122 died.

Thus, for the entire time, 1,035,789 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the country, 850,049 patients recovered, 17,993 died.