World Health Organization cautions on Russia's corona vaccine

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday raised doubts about Russia's vaccine. Russia is going to start production of Corona virus vaccine from October.

The World Health Organization stated that a number of guidelines have been developed for vaccine production. World Health Organization spokesman Christian Lindmire was asked during a UN press briefing that if a license is issued to produce a vaccine without its Phase III trial, would the organization consider it dangerous?

Russia's Health Minister said on Saturday that his country is preparing to start a large-scale vaccine campaign against Covid-19 from October.

Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko told reporters that no vaccine fee would be charged and that it would be given to doctors and teachers first.

The Russian Health Minister said that along with the production, the clinical trial of the vaccine will continue and efforts will be made to improve it.

World Health Organization spokesman Christian Lindmire said, "Whenever such news comes or such steps are taken, we have to be careful." The facts of such reports should be examined with caution.''

Christian Lindmire said, "Sometimes it happens that some researchers claim that they have made a discovery that is actually very good news. But there is a huge difference between finding something or getting an indication that the vaccine is effective and going through all stages of a clinical trial. We have never seen anything like this officially. If something officially happens, our office colleagues in Europe would have paid attention to it.

A spokesman for the World Health Organization said, "There have been a number of rules for making a safe vaccine and there are guidelines regarding this. It is important to follow them so that we know what effect the vaccine or any treatment has and which can help in the fight against the disease.''

He said, "By following the guidelines, we also get to know whether any treatment or vaccine has side effects or whether it is causing more harm than benefits."

The World Health Organization has listed 25 vaccines undergoing clinical trials on its website, while 139 vaccines are currently in the pre-clinical stage.