'We won't even test on monkeys': why the United States refused the Russian vaccine against COVID-19

The United States was distrustful of the Russian coronavirus vaccine and refused to cooperate, according to CNN television. The Ministry of Health states that it did not offer such cooperation to the Americans. These and other news are in the review BBC.

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CNN reports that Russia offered the United States “unprecedented cooperation” on the American administration’s Supersonic Speed ​​project, which aims to speed up the development of a coronavirus vaccine. The American television company refers to a high-ranking Russian official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“On the American side, there is a general sense of mistrust of Russia, and we believe that technologies, including vaccines, testing and treatments, are not accepted in the United States because of this mistrust,” the CNN source said.

US officials told the broadcaster that the Russian vaccine was considered "so immature in the United States that it did not even attract serious interest before its introduction."

“There is no chance that the US will test this [Russian vaccine] on monkeys, let alone humans,” commented one US public health official.

The Russian Ministry of Health, after the release of the American channel’s story, stated that it “did not send any official proposals regarding the vaccine to the American side.” Assistant to the Minister of Health Alexey Kuznetsov told TASS about this.

The registration of the Russian vaccine against COVID-19 was announced this week by President Vladimir Putin. Russia was the first country in the world to do this.

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The announcement of the vaccine registration after less than two months of human trials has raised alarm among global health experts, Reuters reported. In their opinion, the vaccine is difficult to trust without complete test results.

Criticism of the Russian vaccine is largely due to the fact that “more data needs to be obtained from research,” head of the Department of Health Mikhail Murashko said on Friday, August 14.

“In the coming days – possibly by Monday (August 17) – data on preclinical and clinical studies will be published,” he told reporters and recalled that “the vaccine was released on a platform on which six products have already been made.”

On Friday, August 14, it became known that the Ministry of Health of Vietnam has submitted an application for the purchase of a Russian vaccine, while the country will continue to develop its own vaccine. It became known yesterday that Brazil expects to begin production of the Russian vaccine against COVID-19 by the second half of 2021.

Russian doctors don't trust either

Meanwhile, the majority of Russian doctors surveyed by the Doctor's Directory service said that they were not ready to be vaccinated with a coronavirus vaccine registered in Russia, RBC reports. It was made at the Institute. N.F. Gamaleya.

Of the more than 3 thousand participants in the study, 52% answered negatively to this question. Only 24,5% agree to be vaccinated.

As the reasons for mistrust of the vaccine, 66% of those surveyed said that there is insufficient data on its effectiveness. 48% were confused by the fact that it was possible to create the tool in too short a time. Only 20% of respondents said they would recommend vaccination to patients, colleagues or friends.

It is assumed that in the fall, the vaccines against COVID-19 should begin to be given to doctors and people from other risk groups, and the vaccine will enter the general circulation from January 1.

There is no sensation in the results of this poll, Deputy Minister of Health Oleg Salagay wrote in a telegram channel.

“Trust needs to be earned through years of use—that’s normal. In fact, discussions on some medications in the professional community have been going on for many decades. But trust should not be confused with an objective assessment of effectiveness and safety,” says Salagai.

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5 more cases

Meanwhile, 5 new coronavirus infections were detected in Russia. The daily growth has been at this level for several days. The day before there were 065 new cases. On August 5, for the first time since the end of April, less than 057 thousand cases were registered, after which the figure was again above this level.

Over the past day, 114 patients with COVID-19 have died, follows from the message of the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 912 823 cases of coronavirus infection have been officially detected in Russia, 15 498 patients have died, 722 964 have recovered.

In Moscow, 688 new cases, 11 deaths and 1350 recovered were recorded. On the eve, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called speculation rumors that from September 15 in the Russian capital, restrictions may be tightened due to the coronavirus.

Schools and businesses will work, but schools will not hold a holiday line-up on September 1, and the city day at the beginning of the month “will be held in light mode” without large concerts and the blocking of Tverskaya Street, Sobyanin said.

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