Belarus may set up production of its own COVID-19 vaccine – Lukashenko
<p> MINSK, Dec 14 - PrimePress. Belarus may set up production of its own coronavirus vaccine, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said on December 14, 2020, the presidential press office reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> Lukashenko said three main options were under consideration: purchase of Russian vaccines, organization of vaccine production from the Russian strain in Belarus, and development of Belarus’ own vaccine. </p> <p> </p> <p> “I do not rule out that we will have to use all three options. We will have to buy the vaccine to urgently vaccinate the people in the high risk group, doctors and nurses first of all. We should set up production, not even to sell it, but we need to produce the vaccine for ourselves, for our people. That’s why we will explore all these opportunities. If our scientists made headway, we would produce our own vaccine,” said Lukashenko. </p> <p> </p> <p> According to the president, Russia is ready to provide Belarus with everything necessary to set up local production of the vaccine. </p> <p> </p> <p> Lukashenko said that specialists from Vitebsk and scientists of the National Academy of Sciences had submitted proposals for local production of the vaccine. </p> <p> </p> <p> All options are planned to be addressed on December 17, 2020. End </p>
2020-12-14
Primepress
MINSK, Dec 14 - PrimePress. Belarus may set up production of its own coronavirus vaccine, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said on December 14, 2020, the presidential press office reports.
Lukashenko said three main options were under consideration: purchase of Russian vaccines, organization of vaccine production from the Russian strain in Belarus, and development of Belarus’ own vaccine.
“I do not rule out that we will have to use all three options. We will have to buy the vaccine to urgently vaccinate the people in the high risk group, doctors and nurses first of all. We should set up production, not even to sell it, but we need to produce the vaccine for ourselves, for our people. That’s why we will explore all these opportunities. If our scientists made headway, we would produce our own vaccine,” said Lukashenko.
According to the president, Russia is ready to provide Belarus with everything necessary to set up local production of the vaccine.
Lukashenko said that specialists from Vitebsk and scientists of the National Academy of Sciences had submitted proposals for local production of the vaccine.
All options are planned to be addressed on December 17, 2020. End