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Russia said Saturday its scientists had detected the first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu to humans and had alerted the World Health Organ
The vaccine was manufactured by both the Vector center and two industrial partners
MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. The Vector State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology plans to manufacture 500,000 doses of the EpiVacCorona vaccine in February and 1.5 million doses in March, the center’s Director General Rinat Maksyutov said on Saturday. In February, we plan to manufacture 500,000 doses of the vaccine, reaching 1.5 million doses in March with a subsequent increase to 5 million doses per month, he told the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
Maksyutov explained that the vaccine was manufactured by both the Vector center and two industrial partners.
On July 24, 2020, the Vector research center received the Russian Health Ministry’s permit to conduct clinical trials of its vaccine on volunteers. They were completed on September 30. On October 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the vaccine developed by Vector had received a registration certificate. On November 16, the Hea