There is no need yet to modify the Russian vaccine against coronavirus for the Omicron strain. This was announced on Monday, December 6, by the Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences for Medicine Vladimir Starodubov.
Starodubov noted that it will take two weeks to modify for the new strain.
“There is no need to change the vaccine yet. We must use the vaccines that exist. And if any peculiarities of this strain are revealed, then our specialists will prepare a version of the vaccine, which will be more powerful, in a couple of weeks. But so far there is nothing special, nothing terrible, and even more so causing panic, no, “Starodubov noted. Interfax when asked about the need to modify the vaccine.
A day earlier, an expert from the World Health Organization (WHO) Maria van Kerkhove said that the first data that appeared suggests that those who are sick with the Omicron strain of COVID-19 carry the coronavirus in a milder form, but it is too early to draw final conclusions on this score.
Earlier, on December 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to develop an action plan to prevent the spread of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus in the country. As pointed out by Putin, it is necessary to improve the efficiency of test systems for the diagnosis and early detection of the virus, as well as vaccines for the prevention of coronavirus.
On November 30, it was reported that the Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology plans to adapt the Sputnik V drug for the new Omicron coronavirus strain.
The spread of the new COVID-19 strain was reported on November 24 by British scientists. According to the Daily Mail, this mutation is potentially more dangerous than other variants of the virus.
The Russian authorities, against the backdrop of a worsening epidemiological situation, urge citizens to get vaccinated in order to protect their health and take care of their loved ones. Russians are vaccinated for free. Five vaccines against coronavirus have been registered in the country: Sputnik V, Sputnik Light, EpiVacCorona, EpiVacCorona-N and KoviVac.
All relevant information on the situation with the coronavirus is available on the websites stopcoronavirus.rf and access to all.rf, as well as by the hashtag #WeWe areTogether. Coronavirus hotline: 8-800-2000-112
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