Vaccination against coronavirus will be mandatory or voluntary

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The World Health Organization reports that the situation with the coronavirus has stabilized in Russia. In the future, the population will be vaccinated against infection, but it will become voluntary or mandatory, we will find out later.

News from the World Health Organization

The mandatory vaccination calendar for the population may also include coronavirus vaccines, but more precisely this will become known later. This is what the WHO representative in Russia Melita Vujnovich answered in her interview to the stopcoronavirus.ru portal.

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She noted that with further study of the coronavirus infection, it will be possible to judge the need for a final decision. Whether vaccination is voluntary or mandatory, depends on further information about the virus and on the immune system of people - explained Vujnovic.

According to the Interfax agency, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko previously reported that mass vaccination of Russian citizens against coronavirus infection could be announced this fall.

According to the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova, most likely, citizens from the risk group will be the first to be vaccinated. Also in an interview with the TV channel "Russia 24" she noted that several drugs and vaccines will be used for different groups of the population in Russia. In other words, it will not be possible to make a general vaccine against coronavirus infection.

The Defense Ministry said the vaccine will be tested on 50 volunteers.

The opinion of the ex-head of Rospotrebnadzor

According to State Duma deputy and former head of Rospotrebnadzor Gennady Onishchenko, Russia will not be vaccinated against coronavirus. He believes that only citizens who are at risk will be subject to vaccination.

The former sanitary doctor of Russia notes that there is no need to pin great hopes on the vaccine. Onishchenko stressed that everyone who needs it will be vaccinated.

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What happens if you refuse vaccination

According to the WHO representative in Russia Melita Vujnovich, if people refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus, they may face dangerous consequences. The estimated period when the population will be vaccinated is autumn 2020.

The WHO fears that not everyone will agree to vaccination. In this case, it will be very difficult to stop the spread of the infection.

The WHO representative in Russia believes that if vaccination is refused, all measures taken to prevent the epidemic will be in vain. The gains made will return to the early stages of the spread of the infection.

Making a yogurt vaccine

At the Institute of Experimental Medicine in St. Petersburg, virologists and microbiologists are working on an experimental vaccine against coronavirus infection. It will be a wonderful composition, similar to yogurt or kefir. The preparation is based on lactic acid bacteria.

The head of the department of molecular biology, Alexander Suvorov, told KP-Saint Petersburg journalists about this vaccine. According to him, her taste is normal. And the principle of using lactic acid bacteria for the manufacture of drugs is not new.

Suvorov noted that scientists take a lactic acid bacterium and introduce a piece of the SARS-CoV-2 genome into it. The bacterium produces a viral protein that does not pose a danger to humans. After the immunity identifies the element, antibodies are produced in the body.

The developed vaccine is being tested on animals. It will be possible to talk about its effectiveness after a while.

Summarize

1. The epidemiological situation is stabilizing in Russia. In the future, it is planned to vaccinate the population against coronavirus infection.
2. According to the WHO official representative in Russia, it is not known now whether the procedure will be mandatory or voluntary. It all depends on the immunity of people, as well as on new information about the virus.
3. The Government announced the next vaccination - it will take place in the fall of 2020. First of all, people at risk will be vaccinated. Rospotrebnadzor noted that there will not be a single vaccination. Different drugs and formulations will be used for different populations.
4. A laboratory in St. Petersburg is developing a vaccine based on lactic acid bacteria. The composition will be similar to yogurt or kefir.