"There is already a vaccine design in the refrigerator," Interfax quoted him as saying.

Gunzburg stressed that at the moment it is too early to talk about the degree of effectiveness of such a variant of the drug.

“Everyone started making a vaccine based on the sequence of the“ delta ”strain, and whether it would be better against it, no one can say a priori,” the scientist added.

Earlier, Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO) Sumya Swaminatan spoke about the importance of vaccination in the fight against the "delta" strain of coronavirus infection.