Doctor of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Economics Dmitry Edelev commented on the development of a COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents.
“A teenager is not an adult, it is a growing organism in which physiological and chemical reactions proceed differently. This is an organism that only after some time can become an adult. Therefore, the vaccine for adolescents is a separate direction in the whole world, ”he said in an interview with the Public News Service.
According to him, adolescents need a smaller dose of the vaccine than adults, because their immune response is faster.
Earlier it was reported that the Gamaleya Center submitted documents to the Ministry of Health of Russia for registration of a vaccine against coronavirus infection COVID-19 for adolescents.
Allergologist-immunologist Vladimir Bolibok, in an interview with NSN, spoke about the likelihood of contracting COVID-19 and ARVI.
