Gunzburg did not find in Moscow children from 6 to 11 years old without antibodies to

covidfor vaccine trials, they will start looking “somewhere away from Moscow”

Center them. Gamalei did not find children aged 6 to 11 in Moscow who had never encountered CORONAVIRUS, so the protocol for clinical trials of the Sputnik M vaccine in this age category needs to be changed. This was told to Interfax by the DIRECTOR of the center, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Gintsburg.

"There is a problem. When we started the first pre-screening of this age group of children, there are simply no children negative for antibodies to covid-19 in this age group, because this is now the background in this population of children for antibodies. it is impossible to find those who have not experienced the coronavirus. There were ideas to look for them somewhere away from Moscow, from big cities, but, you know, organizationally it is simply unrealistic, ”said the scientist, answering the agency’s question about the start of tests on children from 6 to 11 years old.

In this regard, Gunzburg continued, the protocol for clinical trials of the Sputnik M vaccine has to be amended. “Hopefully, we will quickly be given permission that the lower limit for antibodies will not be zero, but at least 100 international units - BAU (units of binding antibodies. -). This is a low figure, but nonetheless,” he said.

See also Putin called for the creation of a procedure for recognizing vaccination against COVID-19 01:36

According to him, despite the circumstances, the study should begin as planned. “No, (the start of research. -) is not delayed, because as long as we hold a competition for CRO (contract research organization. -), which should last 15 or even 20 days, during this time we can get an amendment. That is, in three weeks we must start them anyway,” the HEAD of the center said.