All participants in COVID-19 vaccine studies, including children, are insured

All participants in COVID-19 vaccine studies, including children, are insured — scientist

Society & Culture June 25, 2021, 9:16

According to Moscow Deputy Mayor for Social Development Issues, the study of the Sputnik V vaccine among adolescents aged 12-17 years will begin in the Russian capital in early July

MOSCOW, June 25. /TASS/. All participants in clinical trials, including children and adolescents, who will take part in the study of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, are insured, Director of the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology Alexander Gintsburg told TASS.

"All participants in clinical trials are insured, this is a requirement of the current legislation," the scientist said.

According to Moscow Deputy Mayor for Social Development Issues Anastasia Rakova, the study of the Sputnik V vaccine among adolescents aged 12-17 years will begin in the Russian capital in early July. About 350 people will take part in the study. The selection of volunteers is underway.