Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said that the final results of the tests of a vaccine against the Ebola virus on humans will be ready in December 2015. “We hope that the preliminary data we are in the middle of November, and the final data – in December,” – quoted by “RIA Novosti” Ms. Skvortsova. She noted that, most likely, the study will be conducted in the framework of bilateral relations with Guinea, in the affected areas of the country.
As reported by “Kommersant”, the assistant director general of the World Health Organization Marie -Paul Keeney said it obtained during the testing of a vaccine against Ebola in Guinea initial results indicate its 100% efficiency. Mass production of the vaccine will take several weeks or even months. “Before you go into mass production, you must register the vaccine. Characteristics of drugs and data (for efficiency) must be evaluated controller which then decide on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and thus allow its production. It will take not days, but weeks, and the most realistic – months “, – said Marie-Paule Kieny.
Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that the first version of the Russian vaccine against Ebola transmitted for registration. She emphasized. That study will be continued. “The fate of the Russian vaccine against Ebola successful is not an option, it is obviously the first option – the materials submitted for registration and further research will continue to maximize the effectiveness of the vaccine” – quoted Ms. Popova.
About reducing the spread of Ebola read the material, “Kommersant FM» «Ebola epidemic has moved into a phase of its extinction.”
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