Gunzburg called the condition for the modification of "Sputnik V" under the delta strain

According to the scientist, the vaccine will need to be modified if its effectiveness begins to fall. Gunzburg noted that the modification process will happen quickly,

If necessary, Russia can quickly set up production of the Sputnik V vaccine, modified for the delta strain of the COVID-19 coronavirus . This was reported to Interfax by the head of the Center. Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg.

“The implementation will not be difficult, because now the production workers are already well aware of all the nuances and, I would say, all those bottlenecks that need to be modified in order to get the maximum production,” the scientist said.

Speaking about the timing of the introduction of a modified vaccine into production, Gunzburg said that this could happen "quite quickly."

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November 21, Deputy Head of the Center. Gamalei Denis Logunov, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that with a critical decrease in the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines, existing developments will be used. “We have developed all the vaccine strains needed. And in particular, for the "delta" we have completely developed, created and, moreover, produced under limited conditions adenovirus-26 type the first component and adenovirus-5 type second component. Therefore, if necessary, if we suddenly see that the effectiveness [of the vaccine being sold] is really critically declining, <...> we are ready and will apply these developments, ”he said.