Alexander Gintsburg, Director of the National Epidemiology and Microbiology Research Center named after NF Gamaleya, reported that a system is needed to update the composition of anti-covid vaccines. TASS.
“The meaning of this system should be to monitor this pathogen continuously: to identify new antigenic variants, to check how well the old vaccine protects against the new antigenic variants, and to task scientists and manufacturers with making a new vaccine based on that, or using the old one,” said Gunzburg.
He added that such monitoring for the flu exists, and that this data allows us to understand how existing vaccines might protect against new strains.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, former head of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced at the end of the state of emergency regarding monkeypox in world health.