MOSCOW (Sputnik) — All the four institutions are overseen by the Rospotrebnadzor and include the Vektor State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology, the Central Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology, the Russian Antiplague Scientific Research Institute Microbe, and the Stavropol Antiplague Scientific Research Institute.
"The institutions included on the list have all the necessary resources and capacity to conduct tests for the Zika virus," Rospotrebnadzor said.
Earlier this week, Rospotrebnadzor said that Russia’s newly developed Zika testing system was "showing very good results."
At present, there is no available vaccine against the Zika virus. The virus has been linked to instances of severe brain damage and underdevelopment in newborns, known as microcephaly.
