Russia registers world's first Covid-19 vaccine for animals Carnivac-Cov

In a first, Russia has registered world's first coronavirus vaccine for animals, its agricultural regulator said last week. anuncement was me after tests showed that Carnivac-Cov generated antibodies against virus in dogs, cats, foxes, and mink. regulator, Rosselkhoznzor said that mass production of vaccine for animals is likely to begin in April.

'Vaccine would be able to protect vulnerable species and thwart viral mutations'

While World Health Organisation has expressed concerns over transmission of Covid-19 between humans and animals, Russian regulator stressed that " vaccine would be able to protect vulnerable species and thwart viral mutations [sic]," according to ncies. Russia till w has recorded only two cases of Covid-19 in animals, and both in cats.
 
Given that WHO warned of contractions from animals to humans, last year, Denmark culled nearly 17 million mink in farms after it was discovered that a strain of virus h passed from humans to mink and that humans h later contracted mutated strains of virus. Rosselkhoznzor has w said that fur farms in Russia planned to buy vaccine along with businesses in Greece, Poland, and Austria. Russia’s fur farm industry accounts for around 3% of global market, down from 30% in Soviet era, according to main tre body.

Covid-19 is about to hit animals next: Institute that developed Sputnik V

he of Gamaleya National Centre of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Alexander Gintsburg was quoted by Russian media as saying that "Covid-19 is about to hit animals next." He h said, " next st of epidemic is infection with coronavirus of farm and domestic animals." clinical trials of Russian animal vaccine started in October last year that involved cats, dogs, Arctic foxes, mink, foxes among or animal species.
 
“ results of trials allow us to conclude that vaccine is safe and highly immugenic as all vaccinated animals developed antibodies to coronavirus,” Rosselkhoznzor’s deputy he, Konstantin Savenkov said in a statement. Russian regulator also said that immune response of animals who were given Carnivac-Cov was better in last six months, while it said that study will continue on vaccine's effect.

  Russian watchdog furr stated, " use of vaccine, according to Russian researchers, can prevent development of viral mutations, which most often occur during interspecies transmission of nt.”