It should be noted that the first group of volunteers are all set to be discharged on Wednesday and the next lot on July 20. According to Alexander Lukashev, the director of the Institute of Medical Parasitology, Tropical and Vector-Borne Diseases at Sechenov University, “The safety of the vaccine is confirmed. It corresponds to the safety of those vaccines that are currently on the market.” The Russian vaccine candidate had also garnered eyeballs with the statement that the researchers of the Gamaleya institute including the director, had dosed themselves with vaccine first before beginning the clinical trials.
