Putin says Russia approves second COVID-19 vaccine
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 03:48 | 14 October 2020
- Modified Date: 03:48 | 14 October 2020
Russia has granted regulatory approval to a second COVID-19 vaccine, President Vladimir Putin said at a government meeting broadcast on state television on Wednesday.
Russia in August became the first country to grant regulatory approval for a COVID-19 vaccine, doing so before large-scale trials were complete, to the concern of some in the global scientific community.
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