While Western countries, in the absence of their own vaccines against coronavirus, are trying to discredit the Russian one, Moscow is ready to provide all Russians with the drug for 12 months.
This was told by the head of the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Gamaleya Alexander Gintsburg in a commentary to the TASS agency.
According to his forecasts, it will be possible to cover the needs of the entire country within 9-12 months.
“Three enterprises that continue to produce monoclonal antibodies – and the technology for producing monoclonal antibodies is very similar to the technology for producing this vaccine – these enterprises, with our help, adapted and transferred our technology to their site”, – said Gunzburg.
He noted that by the end of September each of the enterprises will be able to produce about a million doses of the vaccine monthly. By the end of the year, this figure will rise to 1.5-2 million doses.
As previously reported by News Front, Russia became the first country in the world to register an effective drug against coronavirus. A vaccine that could end the pandemic will hit the market under the Sputnik V brand name. From October it will be available to everyone, and the vaccination will be carried out at the expense of the budget.
It should be noted that other countries are also interested in the Russian vaccine. In Jordan, they are preparing an application for the purchase of a batch of the drug, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic agreed to test the vaccine on himself. Western countries paid special attention to the drug. They are trying to discredit the success of Russian scientists. In the expert community, this is associated with a political aspect, because pharmaceutical corporations in the US and Europe have not yet presented their own vaccine.