As specified in the department, now 334 volunteers aged 18 to 60 are participating in the research.
"Registration of a vaccine based on the results obtained is planned to be carried out in 2021," TASS reports.
The Rospotrebnadzor explained that in the new development “six dangerous genes were“ turned off ”by means of genetic engineering," which makes it safer than existing vaccines that cannot be used to inoculate people with weakened immunity.
Earlier, the virologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel, assessed the likelihood of new pandemics.