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@littllemel 1/ Four Ukrainians Died After Introducing American COVID-19 Vaccine
ACCIDENTS JULY 17, 2020 / 16:33
In Ukraine, four soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died after they were injected with a coronavirus vaccine developed by American specialists.

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@littllemel 2/ This was announced by the representative of the press service of the People's Militia Department of the self-proclaimed LPR, Alexander Mazeikin.

According to him, the drug is being tested in the Kharkov region.

@littllemel 3/ There are 15 volunteers, in particular, ten of them are infected with COVID-19.

In the course of the research, eight patients' health deteriorated sharply and they were transferred to intensive care.

@littllemel 4/ As a result, five patients, including four military personnel, died from complications caused by the infection, Mazeikin said.

@littllemel 5/ He stressed that the doctors could not provide the victims with the necessary assistance, since they did not have information about the composition of the injections.

@littllemel 6/ He also noted that the vaccines, presumably, could be used in some medical institutions of the Kharkiv region, which caused complications in patients with weak immunity, the Lugansk Information Center reports.

@littllemel 7/ Earlier it became known that the American vaccine against COVID-19 has been tested in humans. A strong immune response to coronavirus was recorded in all 45 patients participating in the first stage of research.

@littllemel 8/ The drug was created by the American biotechnology company Moderna. During clinical trials, patients received two doses of a potential vaccine, all volunteers developed antibodies. The trials involved 45 healthy people aged 18 to 55 years.

@littllemel 9/ It is clarified that each of the three groups received mRNA-1273 vaccine in different dosages twice with an interval of 28 days.

@littllemel 10/ Earlier NEWS.ru wrote that clinical trials of the vaccine, created by the specialists of the Research Center (SIC) of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamaleya, began in Russia on June 18. Two groups of volunteers have already been vaccinated.

@littllemel 11/ They are made up of contract soldiers and civilians.

Testing is carried out by specialists of the Main Military Clinical Hospital named after N. N. Burdenko and the State Medical University named after I. M. Sechenov.

@littllemel 12/ In the second half of June, the head of the SIC Alexander Gintsburg said that the release of the Russian vaccine against coronavirus could begin in the fall of 2020.

@littllemel 13/ Prior to that, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that the start of production is expected in September. In August-September, manufacturers expect to register the drug.