DISINFO: Ukrainians have suffered from the American vaccine testing
SUMMARY
Ukrainians have suffered from the American vaccine trials. Johnson & Johnson conducted testing in third world countries: Africa, South America, as well as In Ukraine. And then suddenly the company announced that it was stopping vaccine testing since they had identified some kind of unexplained illness in one of the patients. It is quite possibly a side effect, and therefore they are now dramatically slowing down.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about COVID-19 and vaccines that are being developed by Western countries. No evidence is given. No vaccine trials are currently being conducted in Ukraine. In October 2020, Ukraine received the first application for third phase trials of the European manufacturer in the country. "As soon as approval is obtained, and this is done by order of the Ministry of Health, all information about clinical trials becomes available immediately. This study examines clinical centres with researchers from the following cities: several centres in Kyiv, several centres in Vinnitsya, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk," said Director of the State Expert Centre of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine Tetyana Dumenko. Johnson & Johnson said that it had temporarily halted its COVID-19 vaccine trial because one of its participants had become sick. "We have temporarily paused further dosing in all our COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials, including the phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial, due to an unexplained illness in a study participant," the company said in a statement. See similar narratives, such as Trying to catch up with Russia, the West lost another round in the fight against pandemic; There is no approved COVID-19 vaccine except the Russian one, says Reuters; WHO said the Russian vaccine against coronavirus is safe and efficient.