During the primary vaccination against CORONAVIRUS with a nasal preparation, both components will be required, the director of the NITsEM named after V. N.F. Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg.
“The nasal vaccine is two-component. If primary vaccination, then two components are used, and if as a booster, then one component, ”he explained.
The vaccine, administered through the nose, is the second component of Sputnik V. Gintsburg previously emphasized that it cannot replace an injection, it will be used for additional protection: the nasal preparation creates local immunity in the nasopharynx and an additional barrier to the virus that is trying to enter the body.
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Director of the Center Gamalei did not rule out that those who took the injection and received the nasal "Sputnik V" would not be carriers of covid-19 .