
The nasal vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, will also protect those who have not previously been vaccinated with Sputnik V. About this "RIA Novosti" said the director of the center Alexander Gintsburg.
“For sure it will be if a person has been vaccinated with working vaccines that give antibodies,” Gunzburg said, answering a related question.
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In October, the Ministry of Health authorized the use of the nasal form of the vaccine, which is the second component of Sputnik V, for volunteers during the second phase of testing a new form of the drug. The research will last until December 2023 and will involve 500 volunteers.
As Gunzburg pointed out, the COVID-19 nasal vaccine has no side effects. At the same time, he noted that an additionally vaccinated with a nasal vaccine would not be a distributor of coronavirus.
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According to the operational headquarters, as of November 26, 69.5 million people were vaccinated with the first dose of one of the coronavirus vaccines in Russia, and 60.8 million with two. The level of herd immunity was 51.8%.
How the number of deaths from Covid-19 in Russia is changing November 29 Daily data from the operational headquarters Created with Highcharts 8.2.2RussiaMoscowSt.