The first batch of the KoviVak vaccine entered Yamal

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The first consignment of anti-COVID-19 vaccine of KoviVak delivered to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area (YNAA). In total, 1,560 doses were received at the warehouse, the press service of the regional government said on Monday. This was reported by TASS on May 31. “The day before, 1,560 doses of the drug were delivered to the district warehouse, which will allow vaccinating 780 people. The vaccine will be distributed to municipalities with a special transportation regime – at a temperature of two to eight degrees Celsius. This is very important for the supply of the drug to remote territories of the region, “the report said. KoviVak is a vaccine developed by the Chumakov Research Center. Vaccination with this drug allows you to simulate the natural process of the body’s fight against the virus. “The drug is made according to the classical method and contains a full-fledged deactivated virus, and not individual fragments of it. Which is its distinctive feature from the Sputnik V and EpiVakKorona vaccines. Immunization with the KoviVak drug takes place in two stages with an interval of 14 days, “the press service quoted Lyudmila Volova as the chief freelance epidemiologist of the district health department. At all times, 39,082 cases of covid infection were recorded in Yamal; 37,864 people recovered, another 419 died. To date, 82,807 people have been vaccinated in the region, of which 65,914 have completed immunization.