Russia had registered the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine for animals, according to the country’s agriculture safety watchdog.
Russia’s agriculture safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor on Wednesday said that the country had registered the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine for animals.
In a report on GMA News Online, Russia already had three COVID-19 vaccines for humans. The most well-known of which was Sputnik V. Moscow had also given an emergency use authorization (EUA) to EpiVacCorona and CoviVac.
According to the watchdog, the COVID-19 vaccine for animals — developed by a unit of Rosselkhoznadzor — was named “Carnivac-Cov”.
Rosselkhoznadzor’s Deputy Head Konstantin Savenkov said that the clinical trials of the said vaccine, which started last October 2020, involved cats, dogs, minks, foxes, Arctic foxes, and other animals.
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Savenkov also said that the results of the clinical trials allowed them to conclude that the said vaccine was “harmless” and “highly immunogenic” as all the vaccinated animals developed antibodies to COVID-19 in 100 percent of coronavirus cases.
“The clinical trials of Carnivac-Cov, which started last October, involved dogs, cats, Arctic foxes, minks, foxes and other animals. The results of the trials allow us to conclude that the vaccine is harmless and highly immunogenic as all the vaccinated animals developed antibodies to the coronavirus in 100% of cases,” Savenkov said.
The watchdog also said that the immunity lasted for six months after inoculation, but the vaccine shot’s developers were continuing to analyze it.
Rosselkhoznadzor added that the mass production of the said vaccine could start as early as April this year.
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