Russia steps ahead! Formulates COVID vaccine for animals
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Moscow, Apr 1: The first animal vaccine against the novel corona virus in the world has been registered in Russia. It was announced by the country’s agriculture safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor.
The world’s first animal vaccine against the novel coronavirus has been named as Carnivac-Cov. As per the watchdog, the immunity will last for 6 months after the vaccination. However, the developers of the dose are continuously analyzing the fact. As per Rosselkhoznadzor, the mass production of the COVID 19 vaccine is expected to start as early as Apr 2021.
According to the Russian scientists, the use of this vaccine can prevent development of virus mutations in animals. The Carnivac-Cov vaccine for animals has been developed by a unit of Rosselkhoznadzor, called the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance. The clinical trials of Carnivac-Cov began in Oct 2020 and the trials included cats, minks, dogs, foxes, Arctic foxes, and other animals.
The vaccine is the world’s first and only product for preventing COVID 19 in animals. The results of the trials showed that the vaccine is harmless and highly immunogenic, as all the vaccinated animals developed antibodies to the corona virus in 100 per cent of cases.
Corona virus cases in Russia rose by 8,711 to 4,528,543 on Mar 29. Russia already has three COVID 19 vaccines for humans to deal with the pandemic. The most popular vaccine used for humans is Sputnik V, whereas Moscow has also given emergency approval to two others, CoviVac and EpiVacCorona.