“We expect the vaccine to be registered in October this year,” he said.

He also said, answering the question of whether the vaccine will be registered before or after the third stage of trials, that "the third stage will go in parallel - after registration."

Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, during a meeting of the President with members of the government, spoke about the trials of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Vector State Research Center.

Virologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with NSN, spoke about possible options for the development of the situation with COVID-19.