Belarusian Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich made the statement after the government conference held by Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 22 December to discuss the development of antiviral vaccines and the localization of production of foreign vaccines in Belarus, BelTA has learned.
Dmitry Pinevich is convinced that in modern conditions vaccination and the healthcare system as a whole have become part of the economy and politics. “Creating a vaccine of our own is an element of the national security,” the healthcare minister stressed. “Creating a vaccine manufacturing facility (we don't have one) is a strategic direction.”
Dmitry Pinevich noted that for a long time the Belarusian pharmaceutical industry has been successfully taking care of transfer of technologies for the sake of setting up large-scale production of medications. It creates a good foundation for starting the production of vaccines using a similar scheme. The emergence of such a new enterprise for the country will lead to the development of the potential of research teams, manufacturing facilities, equipment, and so on right up to all the components the creation of a proprietary vaccine involves.
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