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Bulgarian prototype of vaccine against Covid-19 to be ready in 3 months

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The prototype of a Bulgarian anti-covid vaccine will be ready in 3 months. Long tests will follow, which normally last about a year, Assoc. Prof. Andrey Chorbanov, head of the Department of Immunology at the Institute of Microbiology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences has told the BNR.

The competition between companies is about who will be able to attract faster the funds allocated by rich countries for testing. The Bulgarian prototype is a virus constructed from nanomaterials, which carries the respective viral components for activating the human immune system, the scientist explained.



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