A million doses of the Chinese
COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Belarus in August, Deputy Healthcare
Minister – Chief Sanitary Inspector of Belarus Aleksandr Tarasenko told
the STV TV channel, BelTA informs.
According to Deputy Healthcare Minister – Chief Sanitary Inspector of Belarus Aleksandr Tarasenko, a vaccination schedule for Chinese nationals will be drawn up together with regional medical institutions.
Belarus health official reveals COVID-19 vaccination budgeting details
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MINSK, 18 May (BelTA) – The prime cost of the Sputnik V vaccine is about Br52, Deputy Healthcare Minister – Chief Sanitary Inspector of Belarus Aleksandr Tarasenko told the STV TV channel, BelTA has learned.
“Two components cost approximately Br52. If you multiply it by 5.5 million (the number of people who are to be vaccinated by the end of the year), you will get the total amount. This is just the cost of the vaccine, excluding consumables,” Aleksandr Tarasenko said.
In order to decide what vaccine to purchase, the Healthcare Ministry studied the efficacy of various vaccines, their use in other countries, and registration. Price was one of the criteria, too. “The Pfizer vaccine was originally offered at about $80. I think that not everyone would pay such a price for a vaccine, and for the state it would entail certain expenses,” Aleksandr Tarasenko said.
Belarus-made Sputnik V vaccine quality checked by Russia s Gamaleya institute
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MINSK, 18 May (BelTA) – The Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine produced in Belarus is distributed only after its quality has been confirmed, Belmedpreparaty Director General Sergei Belyayev told the STV TV channel, BelTA informs.
The Belmedpreparaty pharmaceutical company is running three projects that have to do, in one way or another, with vaccine development. “The first one is partial localization of the Sputnik V production, or the so-called vaccine bottling,” Sergei Belyayev said. He noted that the Sputnik V vaccine bottled in Belarus is absolutely identical to the Sputnik V vaccine manufactured in Russia.
Belarus to get another batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines soon
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MINSK, 7 May (BelTA) – Belarus will soon receive a batch of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for 150,000 people, Deputy Healthcare Minister – Chief Sanitary Inspector of the Republic of Belarus Aleksandr Tarasenko told journalists on 7 May, BelTA has learned.
“We expect to receive the Chinese vaccine against COVID-19 for 150,000 people in the near future,” he said. The batch of Chinese jabs will be supplied as humanitarian aid from the Chinese government.
Vaccinations with the Russian Sputnik V jab bottled at the Belarusian pharmaceutical company Belmedpreparaty are in full swing in Belarus.