Russia Produces First Batch Of Covid Vaccine

Recently russia produced the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines for animals. The name of this vaccine is Carnivac-Cov. The World Health Organization has recently confirmed the possibility of transmission of the virus between humans and viruses.

Main Point

In 2020, more than 17 million minks were killed in Denmark; it was confirmed that the virus passed from humans to mink. In Denmark, the virus was transferred from humans to the mink.

Carnivac-Cov

• It is manufactured in Russia by Rosselkhoznadzor, a federal service for veterinary and phytosanitary monitoring.
  
  
• Russian scientists believe that the use of this vaccine will help prevent mutation of the virus.
  
  
• It has sound immunological effects in the results of vaccine tests.

COVID-19 Reaction to Animal Vaccines

According to Russia, countries like Lebanon, Kazakhstan, Poland, Greece, Germany, Austria, Iran, Argentina, South Korea have expressed interest in buying the vaccine.

COVID-19 spread

Kovid-19 spreads primarily through human-to-human transmission. However, there is also evidence from humans to animals. This is possible because it is a zoonotic virus.

Zoonosis

• It is an infection caused by pathogens such as viruses, bacteria. Zoonotic infections are mainly infections that spread from animals to humans.
  
  
• Apart from COVID-19, other zoonotic diseases are Ebola virus disease and Salmonellosis. Previously HIV was a zoonotic disease. However, it has now turned into a human-only disease.

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