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400 children aged 12-17 years in Moscow were vaccinated against coronavirus as part of clinical trials of the Sputnik-M vaccine.

According to the expert, pets can be a source of coronavirus infection for their owners.

Two Russian vaccines, developed using genetic technologies on the principle of the Sputnik V vaccine, are undergoing preclinical trials today.

The effectiveness of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine after vaccination of 1.2 million people in Belarus was 96.3%.

Ural scientists are working on the creation of drugs for coronavirus, the Ural Federal University (UrFU) reported on Wednesday.

The head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Murashko, said that work with WHO on the recognition of the Russian vaccine against COVID-19 is moving in a positive direction.

According to the results of the first stage of research, the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine for children forms good post-vaccination cellular immunity, the press service of the Moscow Mayor reports.

According to Alexander Gintsburg, vaccination with the Russian drug "Sputnik V", and then revaccination with a nasal drug, is likely to provide full protection from the severe course of COVID-19 and from coronavirus infection in general.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is ready to continue evaluating Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use and is awaiting full data for analysis.

The decision of the EU regulator to use the Russian vaccine against the Sputnik V coronavirus may be made in the first quarter of next year, as foreign media write.

Johnson & Johnson's booster dose of coronavirus vaccine provides fewer antibodies than Pfizer and Moderna, CNBC reported.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has no complaints about the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine itself, there were only organizational issues, said the head of the Ministry of Health Mikhail Murashko.

About 260 people received doses of the expired Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in the French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, according to radio station France Bleu.

The University of Graz, Austria, mistakenly indicated the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine as permitted for admitting students vaccinated by it to classes, a representative of the university Gerhild Leljak told RIA Novosti.

Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective for children aged 5 to 11, the company said in a statement.