Gunzburg called the deadline for registration of the COVID-19 vaccine for children

"Now we will prepare a report before the extended second phase (of clinical trials. -

), and by September 15 we will be able to register a children's vaccine so that it can be injected at the same time to schoolchildren," Gunzburg said in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper.

He clarified that now there are two versions of the vaccine for adolescents - diluted at a concentration of 1:10 and diluted 1: 5.

Earlier, Rinat Maksyutov, Director General of the State Scientific Center of Virology and Biotechnology "Vector" of Rospotrebnadzor, commented on the possibility of introducing mass vaccination of children against COVID-19.