Gunzburg called the only side effect of the children's vaccine against COVID

A side effect after vaccination of adolescents aged 12-17 against CORONAVIRUS is only a fever, said the DIRECTOR of the Center. Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg on the air of the RUSSIA 24 TV channel.

“The next day after vaccination, the maximum rise in temperature, as far as I remember, was 37.4. There were no other side effects in the children who were in the study, ”he said.

Gunzburg noted that clinical studies of the Sputnik V vaccine, "diluted five times," on adolescents showed that their bodies produce much more antibodies than adults. This is because children's immune systems respond better to foreign antigens, Gunzburg said.

Trials of the Sputnik V vaccine on children and adolescents began in Russia in early July. According to Moscow Vice Mayor Anastasia Rakova, minors will be given the same drug as adults, but in a lower concentration. it is planned that the trials will last one year, 100 volunteers were to take part in the first phase, and 250 in the third.