Reports of Russia approving potential Covid-19 vaccine in early August

A report from Reuters states that, Russia’s first potential COVID-19 vaccine could receive approval in the first half of August and can be administered to frontline health workers soon afterwards. The state research facility in Moscow – the Gamaleya Institute – completed early human trials of the adenovirus-based vaccine this month and expects to begin large-scale trials in August.

Reports of Russia approving potential Covid-19 vaccine in early August

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