The fifth vaccine against coronavirus infection will appear in Russia, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova during the round table "The country's sanitary shield - safety for citizens" at the headquarters of United Russia.

“Four Russian vaccines have been registered, the fifth vaccine is on its way.

This situation is blocking the spread of the virus, ”Popova said.

To date, four vaccines against coronavirus have been registered in Russia: "Sputnik V" and "Sputnik Light", developed by the Center.

N.F.

Gamalei, "EpiVacCorona" of the state scientific center of virology and biotechnology "Vector", as well as "KoviVak", produced by the Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immunobiological Preparations named after V.I.

M.P.

Chumakov RAS.

According to experts, "Sputnik Light" is more suitable for enhancing the immunity of those who have been ill and those who were vaccinated more than six months ago.

Mass vaccination against coronavirus began in the country on January 18.

According to data as of August 6, more than 30 million people have been vaccinated with two components of the vaccines in the country.

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Rinat Maksyutov, Director General of the State Scientific Center of Virology and Biotechnology "Vector", said that more than 50 countries have applied for the supply or transfer of the production of the "EpiVacCorona" vaccine.

Vector focuses primarily on domestic demand, and Geropharm is negotiating with other countries.

A contract has already been signed with Venezuela, Brazil, but in total we already have more than 50 requests from countries either for the supply of EpiVacCorona or for the transfer of production, "Izvestia quotes him.

EpiVacCorona is the second COVID-19 vaccine registered in Russia (October 14, 2020).

In early July, it was reported that more than 1 million Russians were vaccinated with this drug.

The Director General of the Vector Center also expressed confidence that soon the committee of the World Health Organization will annually make a decision to change the composition of vaccines from COVID-19 in terms of strains to obtain population immunity.

“Now I would make a decision to make a vaccine based on the delta strain with the understanding that future evolutionary variants will come from it.

If, in the process of evolution, SARS-CoV-2 is divided into different lines, then a vaccine can be made, including different strains.

This is not difficult to implement, ”he explained.

Recognition of COVID certificates

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at a meeting with the Association of International Road Carriers, spoke about negotiations with the European Union on the mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination certificates.

According to him, political will was demonstrated in Brussels, TASS reports.

“Now, as you know, there is a substantive, professional conversation between our Ministry of Health and the Gamaleya Institute, with our, of course, foreign policy support, on the mutual recognition of the so-called covid certificates,” Lavrov said.

“Certain technical and legal issues are being resolved, including the need to ensure the protection of personal data, to ensure the technical compatibility of procedures and a number of others (issues. -

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)”.

The head of Russian diplomacy added that Moscow is ready to continue a "pragmatic and professional dialogue" on this topic.

“But we very much hope that the delays, which have a clear sign of politicization, will stop and we will reach agreements that meet the interests of both Russian citizens and citizens of the EU countries,” Lavrov explained.

As a reminder, Russia applied to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on January 29 to register the Sputnik V vaccine in the EU.

At the end of April, the first stage of the examination was completed.

In early June, the Russian Direct Investment Fund said that it had not received any criticism from the EMA about the drug, and a month later, the European regulator announced that the process of evaluating Sputnik V was ongoing.

In early August, RDIF noted that the procedure "is proceeding in a positive and professional manner."

On August 11, WHO Assistant Director-General Marianjela Simao reported that Sputnik V is undergoing legal procedures at WHO, the timing of the completion of the evaluation of the drug is unknown. 

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COVID-19 statistics in Russia

In Russia, over the past day, 20,958 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected, of which the largest number was in Moscow (2006), the Moscow region (1,328) and St. Petersburg (1,156).

During this time, 18 407 people recovered, 805 patients died.

The total number of COVID-19 cases registered in the country has reached 6,642,559; 5,918,324 patients have recovered since the beginning of the pandemic in Russia.

172 110 people died from complications due to coronavirus infection and concomitant diseases.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, over 172.8 million laboratory tests for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus have been carried out in the country, more than 1.251 million people remain under medical supervision.