He announced this during a conversation with the staff of the 2nd City Children's Clinical Hospital, BelTA informs.

“Next year we will create our own vaccine, which has already been tested,” the Belarusian leader said.

In June, specialists from the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology began testing a Belarusian vaccine against COVID-19.

About 50 people from five laboratories of the RSPC took part in the development of the drug.