“The third vaccine, research is currently underway on it, and we expect results by mid-December,” the minister said.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the registration of the second Russian vaccine against coronavirus infection, EpiVacCorona, developed by the Vector Center for Virology and Biotechnology.

October 6 Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immunobiological Preparations named after M.P.

Chumakov of the Russian Academy of Sciences announced the beginning of clinical trials of its own vaccine against coronavirus.

Professor of the Department of Virology at the Belozersky Institute of Moscow State University, Alexei Agranovsky, in an interview with URA.RU, assessed the immunity of those vaccinated against COVID-19.