TASS informs about this with reference to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
According to the Ministry of Defense, since November 2020, a method of treating coronavirus patients with the plasma of donors vaccinated against COVID-19 has been used in medical institutions of the Ministry of Defense.
At the same time, this method was first applied by the Main Military Clinical Hospital named after I.
N. N. Burdenko in Moscow.
The Ministry of Defense added that the Military Medical Academy.
S. M. Kirov in St. Petersburg, research is being carried out to assess the effectiveness of the use of plasma vaccinated in the treatment of COVID-19.
"Studies have shown a higher virus-neutralizing activity of the plasma of vaccinated donors, compared with the plasma of those who have been ill," the ministry said.
Earlier, an infectious disease specialist, virologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences Nikolai Malyshev, in an interview with the NSN, commented on the situation with vaccination against COVID-19.