Why Russia was left without vaccinations against chickenpox and rotavirus: Professor Kostinov explained the situation
Vaccines against rotavirus and chickenpox were not included in the national calendar of preventive vaccinations. Professor Mikhail Kostinov researches: drugs are not observed in Russia.
Vaccination against rotavirus infection in 2022 was not found in the preventive vaccination calendar (NCV), such a vaccine is not included in the list of purchases of the Federal Center for Control and Organization of Medical Support for Citizens for 2023. The situation is similar with the varicella vaccine. The state of affairs is drawn up by the head of the Mechnikov Institute of Laboratory Vaccine and Serum, Professor Kostinov.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade explains the absence of vaccinations in the calendar by the fact that funds for the purchase of vaccines are not provided in the budget for 2023-2025. At the same time, vaccines were provided for by the schedule for the implementation of the Strategy for the Development of Immunoprophylaxis until 2035.
According to Mikhail Kostinov, vaccines against rotavirus infection and chickenpox are included in the vaccination schedule according to epidemiological indications. This means that drugs are used to accommodate budgets if cases of illness are registered. The problem is that these vaccines are not produced in Russia.
Both of these vaccines were created in the world when perestroika was taking place in Russia. There was nothing to fly for light, for gas, for the telephone. There was no new developments,
– Mikhail Kostinov in a conversation with an explanation “Reedus“.
He added that there used to be an English-Belgian-made chickenpox vaccine. A coronavirus vaccine has also been certified. Now neither the first nor the second drug is supplied to Russia.
Now Russia produces vaccines against chickenpox and rotavirus infection from India,
– explained the professor.
Mikhail Kostinov also noted that the development of a domestic vaccine is underway. However, several years are inevitable to conduct all the necessary tests and make sure the drug is safe.
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