Vaccination with the Chinese vaccine has begun in Belarus. The first anti-COVID injection at the 39th outpatient clinic was received by a 69-year-old resident of Minsk.
All in all, according to the agreements of the leaders of two countries, 100 000 doses of the drug have been delivered to our country. Today the entire batch is distributed among Belarusian medical institutions. The drug is an inactivated vaccine. The medicine consists of bacterial or viral microorganisms that do not show pathogenic activity. Like most vaccines, the drug is injected in two stages, after the first injection, the second dose will be introduced in 3-4 weeks.
Xie Xiaoyong, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus: "The vaccine is the safest, and now it is already supplied to 43 other countries. This is more than 100 million doses and according to the available data there are still no serious side effects."
Dmitry Pinevich, Minister of Health of Belarus: "This vaccine is used and will be used in the future. First, we vaccinate medical workers, including our employees of the Ministry of Health, and then when in April we enter a more widespread vaccination, the drug will be used without any restrictions."
Chinese vaccine against coronavirus started in Belarus
15 марта 2021












