Russia has already approved three coronavirus vaccines for use in humans on an emergency basis. “Carnivak-Cov, a sorbate inactivated vaccine against the coronavirus infection … is the world’s first and only product for preventing covid-19 in animals,” Savenkov told Tass News. Two U.S. companies, New Jersey-based veterinary pharmaceutical company Zoetis and the North Dakota-based Medgene Labs, have also been developing coronavirus vaccines for use among minks and other animals. Scientists in Russia launched clinical trials in October and tested the vaccine on dogs, cats, foxes, including Arctic foxes, and minks, among other animals. Russia’s coronavirus vaccine for humans have so far not been approved for use in the United States or Europe.

Source: Washington Post March 31, 2021 16:41 UTC