Epidemiologist considered likely annual vaccination from COVID-19

Coronavirus vaccination can be an annual. Such an assumption was made by the head of the scientific group of developing new methods for diagnosing human diseases of the Central Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor Camille Hafizov, reports RIA Novosti.

In his opinion, vaccines will have to be periodically updated with the back of new strains of coronavirus, and immunize each year, by analogy with influenza vaccination. The scientist is confident that there will be sufficient statistics on the efficiency of available vaccines.

On May 26, Virologist Alexander Semenov compared the immunity in the accredited and persecuted COVID-19 and came to the conclusion that the vaccine acts more efficiently than the immunity formed after the disease. According to a specialist, vaccine extends to a greater number of strains, capturing common to all types of virus. If a person picked up a certain strain and fell ill, he can also overcome again if another strain coronavirus is infected.