The drug is two-component, one dose will be enough only for booster vaccination, explained the director of the Center. Gamaleya. President Vladimir Putin was vaccinated with nasal vaccine after revaccination in autumn
Primary vaccination against coronavirus with a nasal preparation will require both components, said “RIA News” director of NICEM them. N.F. Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg.
“The nasal vaccine is two-component. If primary vaccination, then two components are used, and if as a booster, then one component, ”he explained.
The vaccine, administered through the nose, is the second component of Sputnik V. Gintsburg previously emphasized that it cannot replace an injection, it will be used for additional protection: the nasal preparation creates local immunity in the nasopharynx and an additional barrier to the virus that is trying to enter the body.
The government will allocate ₽188 million for the study of a nasal vaccine against COVID
Director of the Center Gamalei did not rule out that those who took the injection and received the nasal “Sputnik V” would not be carriers of COVID-19.
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