The new Russian vaccine against COVID-19, based on virus-like particles, requires two doses. This was announced on February 16 by the head of the Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, Alexander Gintsburg.
According to him, this is necessary for the reproduction of memory cells.
“The vaccine will be given twice, this is done to multiply the memory cells. Two injections are almost always given, if it is a non-live vaccine, so that there are memory cells and to increase the specificity of antibodies, ”the specialist clarified in an interview with“RIA News“.
Earlier in the day, the Ministry of Health of Russia allowed the Center. Gamalei to conduct clinical trials of a vaccine based on virus-like particles.
According to Gunzburg, the drug, which is based on virus-like particles, contains various S-proteins of the coronavirus, including Omicron and Delta. The specialist clarified that such a vaccine may be needed in the event of the emergence of new variants of the virus.
Professor of the Gamaleya Center Anatoly Altshtein, in an interview with Izvestia, noted that the new Russian vaccine, unlike drugs developed earlier, will deliver a certain amount of viral protein to the human body, which will protect patients. As the specialist clarified, there are already analogues of the Russian drug abroad, for example, the American vaccine Novavax. The drug, created in the USA, was developed on the basis of insect cells.
The Gamaleya Center also announced the imminent approval for clinical trials of a drug for coronavirus based on monoclonal antibodies.
A large-scale vaccination campaign is underway in Russia. Citizens are vaccinated for free. Five vaccines against coronavirus have been registered in the country: Sputnik V, which became the first vaccine against COVID-19 in the Russian Federation and the world, as well as Sputnik Light, EpiVacCorona, EpiVacCorona N and KoviVac.
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