Uzbekistan has begun developing its own vaccine against coronavirus.

This was announced by the Minister of Health Abdukhakim Khadjibayev.

“Our scientists have created the first protein S molecule of the COVID-19 vaccine,” he said.

Khadjibayev also stated that soon the researchers plan to begin preclinical trials of this drug on animals.

It should be noted that Uzbekistan is recognized as a co-author of the ZF-UZ-VAC 2001 vaccine, developed by Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd.