Medicines production

The Russian vaccine has equaled the coverage in the world with Moderna, but is still inferior to Sinopharm and Pfizer.

Ural scientists are working on the creation of drugs for coronavirus, the Ural Federal University (UrFU) reported on Wednesday.

The head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Murashko, said that work with WHO on the recognition of the Russian vaccine against COVID-19 is moving in a positive direction.

According to the results of the first stage of research, the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine for children forms good post-vaccination cellular immunity, the press service of the Moscow Mayor reports.

According to Alexander Gintsburg, vaccination with the Russian drug "Sputnik V", and then revaccination with a nasal drug, is likely to provide full protection from the severe course of COVID-19 and from coronavirus infection in general.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is ready to continue evaluating Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use and is awaiting full data for analysis.

The decision of the EU regulator to use the Russian vaccine against the Sputnik V coronavirus may be made in the first quarter of next year, as foreign media write.

Johnson & Johnson's booster dose of coronavirus vaccine provides fewer antibodies than Pfizer and Moderna, CNBC reported.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has no complaints about the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine itself, there were only organizational issues, said the head of the Ministry of Health Mikhail Murashko.

About 260 people received doses of the expired Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in the French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, according to radio station France Bleu.

The University of Graz, Austria, mistakenly indicated the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine as permitted for admitting students vaccinated by it to classes, a representative of the university Gerhild Leljak told RIA Novosti.

Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective for children aged 5 to 11, the company said in a statement.

After the appearance of the delta strain, the tactics and strategy of vaccination against coronavirus have changed, said Alexander Gintsburg, director of the Gamaleya Research Center.

The World Health Organization will give its assessment of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine when it receives all the necessary documents from Russia, the WHO said.

More than 6,600 reports of possible side effects of COVID-19 vaccines have been reported in Switzerland, the country's Federal Public Health Office said on Friday.