Scientists at the moment have no exact evidence that people vaccinated in childhood TB with BCG vaccine, have increased resistance to infection by a coronavirus infection, but ongoing studies will eventually answer this question.
As the channel “Russia 24”, that the public informed the Vice-President of Russian Academy of Sciences, head of section, biomedical Sciences academician Vladimir Chekhonin.
He stressed that there is no scientific evidence that BCG protects against infection COVID-19, noting that conduct relevant research.
BCG vaccine against tuberculosis, created on the basis of the attenuated strain of living bovine tubercle Bacillus Mycobacterium bovis. In some States, BCG do all children immediately after birth and persists throughout life. In Russia, this anti-tuberculosis vaccine required.
In connection with the pandemic, it was suggested that in countries where there were mass BCG vaccination, the incidence of new coronavirus infection and mortality is significantly lower due to the protective effects of BCG.
the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest data, in different countries of the world marked 008 5 713 cases, recovered 2 454 442 people died 352 900.