Russia announces the start of production of an anti-corona virus vaccine

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15-08-2020, 11:13

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Today, Saturday, the Russian Ministry of Health announced the start of production of the vaccine, named "Sputnik V", which was developed by the "Gamalia" National Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology.

It is planned that the vaccination campaign with the new vaccine against the coronavirus will be carried out in two phases, separated by a three-week period.

And Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko recently confirmed that the vaccination against Corona in Russia will be exclusively voluntary.

According to the ministry's data, the Russian vaccine allows to establish immunity against the virus that causes "Covid-19" for a period of up to two years.

The vaccine, with which we were vaccinated, successfully passed clinical tests in June and July, and the Ministry of Health pledged to publish the results of its tests.