Russia includes 40,000 volunteers in the Covid-19 vaccine trial
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The Russian Health Ministry today confirmed the inclusion of 40,000 volunteers in the third phase of clinical trials of the Sputnik V vaccine, the first presented in the world against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.
According to this entity, the selected people are elderly and their participation in the researches will start in September and will last six months.
Sputnik news agency noted that after obtaining the authorization from the Ministry, the Gamalei Epidemiology and Microbiology Center will move on to a new stage of research, which will be carried out in public hospitals in this capital city and in other nations such as Brazil and Saudi Arabia.
On the 11th, President Vladimir Putin announced that his country officially registered the first vaccine in the World against the Covid-19, after passing the tests that confirm its safety and effectiveness in creating people' s immunity.
The Russian authorities specified that Sputnik V should be ready for open marketing in the international market on January 1, 2021.
The vaccination of volunteers will be done in a controlled way and will be part of the studies collected on Sputnik V that should be submitted to a massive test and with scenarios where there is contact with the pandemic. / PL