Russia first nation to successfully complete human
trials of coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine
As of
Sunday morning, the global number of COVID-19 cases stood at 12,681,472, while
the death toll climbing to 564,420, according to Johns Hopkins University
in the US.
Moscow:
As the world reels under the rising COVID-19 cases, Russia's Sechenov University
has successfully completed the world's first clinical trials of coronavirus
vaccine on humans, media reports said on Sunday (July 12, 2020).
The
director of the Institute for Translational Medicine and Biotechnology Vadim
Tarasov confirmed the development to Sputnik news.
"Sechenov
University has successfully completed tests on volunteers of the world`s first
vaccine against coronavirus," Tarasov said.
He said the university
had began clinical trials of the vaccine on June 18. The first group of volunteers
would be discharged on Wednesday and the second on July 20. The vaccine has
been produced by Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Russia.
"The data obtained by the Gamalei National Research Center
for Epidemiology and Microbiology, proves that volunteers of the first and
second groups are forming an immune response after injections of the vaccine
against the coronavirus," an earlier statement of the Russian Defense
Ministry said.
The director of the Institute of Medical Parasitology, Tropical
and Vector-Borne Diseases at Sechenov University Alexander Lukashev said the
safety of this vaccine, in correspondance with the safety of other medicines
available in the market, is confirmed.
With this Russia has
become the first nation to complete human clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine
and the results prove the medication`s effectiveness.
However, there was no further information on when this vaccine
would enter the commercial production stage.
There are at least 21 vaccines currently under key trials, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Also read - Latest Oneplus Phones 2020
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