The fist team of people who will test a Russian vaccine against the coronavirus on themselves – in trials that begin in late June – have been selected, and the lead developer of the drug is among them.
Work on the vaccine began in February at the Vector Institute, Russia’s leading virology and biotechnology research center, in Novosibirsk, Siberia. Earlier in April, the researchers announced that the drug successfully passed trials on mice and ferrets, with preparations for human testing in full swing.

The first stage of clinical testing will see 60 people participating, Rinat Maksyutov, Vector Institute’s general director, told Rossiya-1. Numerous people from Novosibirsk and other Russian regions have called, offering to become volunteers.
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The fist team of people who will test a Russian vaccine against the coronavirus on themselves – in trials that begin in late June – have been selected, and the lead developer of the drug is among them.
Work on the vaccine began in February at the Vector Institute, Russia’s leading virology and biotechnology research center, in Novosibirsk, Siberia. Earlier in April, the researchers announced that the drug successfully passed trials on mice and ferrets, with preparations for human testing in full swing.

The first stage of clinical testing will see 60 people participating, Rinat Maksyutov, Vector Institute’s general director, told Rossiya-1. Numerous people from Novosibirsk and other Russian regions have called, offering to become volunteers.

The list of test subjects has already been put together, and some members of the team now working on the vaccine, including lead developer Ilnaz Imatdinov, are among the volunteers, Maksyutov said. The scientists stepped forward because “they are confident in the effectiveness and safety” of the drug that they’re making, he said.

The start of human trials doesn’t mean that Russia will get its Covid-19 vaccine instantly, as testing is a “very scrupulous thing,” especially when it comes to humans, Sergey Netesov, former Vector deputy general director and head of its lab for 30 years, told RT.

The remedy is critical as there have been almost 13,600 coronavirus cases and 106 deaths registered in Russia already. The global death toll is 104,800 people, with more than 1.7 million infected with the highly contagious disease. Vaccines are also being developed by China, the US, and other countries.

“In principle, the [Russian] vaccine for mass consumption shouldn’t be expected to arrive earlier than September,” Netesov, who now heads the microbiology and virology laboratory at Novosibirsk State University, said.

The volunteers, who are “healthy people of between 22 and 28 years of age, both males and females,” must be under supervision for at least a month after the pharmaceutical is administered to them. And for the next 60 days, they have to remain in contact with the researches and report any complications that may occur.

Source:https://www.rt.com/russia/485578-russia-coronavirus-vaccine-human-testing/

The mods should move this to FP. We are tired of the negative news concerning this virus as I believe this will better calm some agitated minds.

... and some have been planning to make Africa their 'lab rat'. How many more lives would have been lost to this virus by September when d vaccine is likely to be set for circulation?

mignone:
... and some have been planning to make Africa their 'lab rat'. How many more lives would have been lost to this virus by September when d vaccine is likely to be set for circulation?

Better done than never. You'd be surprised how fast September will come and go.
Besides, they have to monitor the volunteers closely for any symptoms arising from the use of the vaccine so they can perfect it.

phrenology:


Better done than never. You'd be surprised how fast September will come and go.
Besides, they have to monitor the volunteers closely for any symptoms arising from the use of the vaccine so they can perfect it.

I sure understand it's a long process.

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