Tests of a vaccine against coronavirus for children can begin within six months, after having obtained the necessary positive experience of using vaccines in adults. This was reported by TASS Director of the National research centre of epidemiology and Microbiology named after N. F. Gamalei Of The Ministry Of Health Of Russia Alexander Ginzburg.
“It is possible to obtain permission to conduct clinical trials on children after all clinical trials in adults are completed and will have a positive effect, that’s not my point, I actually your own words to retell the existing law, he said. We are now preparing documentation to ensure that within half a year, when they performed all the formalities, saw digital release associated with the study of experience of application of this vaccine in the adult population, to pass with our fellow pediatricians to the possibility of vaccination have children”.
According to him, research the vaccine for children will take place in stages, in different age groups.
On Wednesday the first group of volunteers to test was developed by the centre to them. Gamalei the vaccine, were discharged from medical institutions. According to experts, they responded well to the drug.
Earlier the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that to expect a vaccine against coronavirus for children this year is premature. She emphasized that this vaccine is subject to special safety requirements.
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