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“My friends tried to dissuade me:“ Are you a fool, or what? ”: In Kazan, the first test subjects were injected with covid vaccine



Today in Kazan, the first volunteers were vaccinated against the coronavirus, who agreed to test the new Russian vaccine EpiVacCorona. So far, there are only seven “heroes”. Most of those wishing to take part in the study of the drug had to be weeded out by the doctors of the City Clinical Hospital No. 7: some of them were found to have antibodies to covid, although people were convinced that they were not sick, others had unimportant blood and urine tests, and some of them suddenly had relatives. In total, it is planned to vaccinate 500 people in Tatarstan – this is the number of doses of the drug received by the republic.

We will remind, last week Rospotrebnadzor reported that in five pilot regions (Moscow, Tatarstan, Moscow, Kaliningrad and Tyumen regions), they will begin testing the second vaccine against the coronavirus EpiVacCorona registered by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (the first is Sputnik V). In total, 3 thousand volunteers from 18 years old will take part in the study of the drug, developed by the Novosibirsk Scientific Center “Vector” of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare. But if in other regions the recruitment of volunteers was officially announced in advance, in Tatarstan for some reason classified.

Nevertheless, today the journalists were invited to the 7th city hospital, which was entrusted with conducting clinical trials of the vaccine, in order to show how the selection of volunteers is going on and how the vaccines are being given to those already selected.

Among the candidates for “experimental”, who gathered in the hospital corridor in the morning, surprisingly, the majority of citizens aged 60+ prevailed.

61-year-old pensioner Talgat Yarullin came to the screening from Innopolis. He says he found out about the beginning of the tests on TV.

– My friends tried to dissuade me: “Are you a fool, or what?” – the volunteer told the VK correspondent. – But I think sooner or later all of humanity will go through such a vaccination, the virus is strong. And I will be the first to graft, because I want to live. In China, by the New Year, billions of citizens promised to be vaccinated against covid, and in our country they have only been talking about this topic since the summer. It’s time for Russia to move in this direction.

57-year-old chemistry teacher at Kazan School No. 55 Irina BorisovichAs it turned out, she had time to undergo a medical examination the day before, and today she arrived for vaccination.

– Of course, I thought about the possible risks, but at school I have no less risk of getting infected, – the teacher explained her decision. – It reassures me that this is not a live vaccine, but created on the basis of synthetic peptides – protein fragments. And most importantly, while participating in drug trials, I will be under the watchful eye of doctors. This is not a flu shot – they gave you a shot and forgot about you.

According to Borisovich, the school administration informed her and her colleagues about the vaccine trials. Two teachers from the entire pedagogical team volunteered to participate.

For Talgat Yarullin and about twenty others who wanted to participate in the tests, but had not yet passed the examination, the hospital staff gave an introductory lecture. They explained that if the candidates fit in all parameters, then they will be injected twice with the vaccine with an interval of 21 days, while every fourth of them will not be injected with a vaccine, but a placebo (these are the conditions of the experiment). After vaccination, doctors will monitor the subjects’ health by telephone, and several times the “experimental” will need to come to the hospital for interim tests: for antibodies to coronavirus and blood biochemistry. The entire experiment will take six months.

The candidates were asked to fill out a two-page questionnaire, while many, due to their age, needed the help of “big-eyed” doctors.

“For testing, we must select 650 volunteers that meet all the parameters, and we will vaccinate 500 – this is how many doses we have,” said the doctor of the Allergology and Immunology Center of the City Clinical Hospital No. 7, associate professor of the KSMA. Victoria Delyan.

As it turned out, despite the fact that the recruitment of volunteers was not advertised, in the main they have already been recruited. These are people from risk groups who were notified of vaccination in labor collectives: teachers, doctors, Rospotrebnadzor employees, mainly living in Kazan and the suburbs.

– All of them are tested for HIV, hepatitis, syphilis, drugs. They donate blood for antibodies to coronavirus, a nasopharyngeal swab for covid, breathe in breathalyzers, etc. They should not plan a pregnancy, – said the head of the epidemiological department of the City Clinical Hospital No. 7 Natalia Shaikhrazieva.

According to her, some of the applicants have to be weeded out. So, on the first qualifying day, November 30, twenty education workers showed up for screening, but only seventeen showed up, six of them were found to have antibodies to coronavirus infection, although they were sure that they did not get sick and did not come into contact with infected people.

– On Tuesday we were expecting 30 people to be screened, 24 came. Today – the same number. Alas, life makes its own adjustments: someone has a child, a spouse, someone has a fever, someone has bad general blood and urine tests, ” Natalia Shaikhrazieva explained. – Only seven people have been vaccinated so far. Therefore, we will most likely be recruiting more volunteers. Those interested can sign up through the call center of the City Clinical Hospital No. 7, the registration began on Monday. The priority, I emphasize, is representatives of risk groups.

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