Russia claims to be ahead of rivals in race to produce Covid vaccine
by Peter Beaumont from Science | The Guardian on (#56FGQ)
Moscow says it will start production next month and mass immunisation by October
The Russian government claims to have stolen a march on dozens of global rivals - including the US and UK - in the race to produce a viable coronavirus vaccine, saying it would start production of a vaccine next month and begin mass immunisation by October.
The announcement came amid controversy over how Russia has rushed its two vaccine candidates through safety testing, in which researchers dosed themselves as part of truncated human trials.
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