Virologist Netesov: simultaneous administration of vaccines against COVID-19 and against influenza requires study with “Lenta.ru” the possibility of combining the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine and the influenza vaccine. In his opinion, the simultaneous administration of different drugs is practiced, but the question of whether Sputnik V and the influenza vaccine reinforce each other requires a thorough study.
Earlier, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that the first research results show that the combination of vaccines against COVID-19 “Sputnik V” and against influenza, when administered simultaneously, can enhance their effect.
Complex vaccines have been around for a long time, says Netesov: these are measles-mumps-rubella, and whooping cough-diphtheria-tetanus, where the components of three vaccines are simultaneously administered. The simultaneous administration of vaccines can enhance their effect, but “to prove that this really enhances or at least does not interfere with each other, a certain set of experiments must be carried out, so the word” may “is superfluous here, the criterion of truth is an experiment,” the virologist emphasizes.