Russia launches nasal vaccine

Russia launches world's first nasal vaccine to prevent Covid-19 The country's health ministry on Friday registered a nasal version of the Sputnik-Five vaccine. Alexander Gintzberg, director of the Gemalia Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, gave the information.

Laboratory tests have shown that the simple injectable version of the Sputnik-Five vaccine provides effective protection against the omicron variant of the corona virus, he said. Of course, the Nazal version will be just as effective. He mentioned that the vaccine will be available to the public in a fewvaccine.

Earlier in January, the Russian news agency Tas Gintsberg reported that in three to four months, Russian citizens would receive an effective nasal vaccine against the coronavirus. Last October, the Russian Ministry of Health approved the second round of clinical trials of the nasal spray form of the corona virus vaccine to the Gemalia Institute. Scientists at the Gemalia Institute have developed the Sputnik-Five vaccisaid.Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) says a new variant of the corona virus called XE has been found. This new type found in Britain is a combination of Omicron-BA1 and Omicron-BA2 variants. XE is more contagious than Omicron, the company said.