Russia has the world’s first nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine

Trial of a nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine in Russia – Photo: TASS

According to Tass News Agency on April 2, this is the world’s first registered nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine. Like the Sputnik V vaccine, the aerosol vaccine consists of two separate components, given three weeks apart.

Ministry of Health Russia The new vaccine can be used by people over 18, including people 60 and older.

The ministry emphasized that administering the nasal vaccine will help create an effective shield, “increasing the level of IgA antibodies in the blood and nasal secretions, IgG antibodies, virus-neutralizing antibodies in the blood”.

Gamaleya Institute under the Russian Ministry of Health and the place where research and development of vaccine Sputnik V. This is the first intramuscular COVID-19 vaccine registered in the world.

Clinical trials of the spray vaccine began in January this year. It is reported that the Russian Ministry of Health has asked the Gamaleya Institute to research and test the vaccine in the fastest possible way, according to Russia’s Interfax news agency.

Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko previously said that the use of the spray vaccine is not limited to those who have not yet been vaccinated, but also to the group of people who receive booster and booster shots.

Developing and producing a nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine is a new race for many countries, hoping to stop the virus right where it enters.

Cuba is speeding up testing and evaluation of the nasal spray vaccine, with approval expected in a few weeks.

This vaccine, if approved for emergency use, will be administered as a booster shot. According to Cuban authorities, the researchers tested both groups of people who had never had any injections and had received three basic injections to evaluate the effectiveness.

In addition to Cuba, a number of research groups in the West also tested the spray vaccine on mice and obtained initial positive results.