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Russia's COVID-19 vaccine to be made available for common people this week

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: September 07, 2020 6:48 PM

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Russia will make its Corona Virus vaccine Sputnik-V available for common people from this week. Sputnik-V is the first COVID-19 vaccine to be launched by any nation.
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It was launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 11.
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According to a report published in ZeeNews.com, the Russian Academy of Science deputy director Denis Logunov reported that the Sputnik-V vaccine would be released for wider use after permission from the Ministry of Health.
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The ministry is going to start the test of this vaccine in a few days and we will get its permission soon.
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It is worth noting that this vaccine has been prepared by the Gamalaya Research Institute of Moscow in collaboration with the Russian Ministry of Defense to make adenoviruses a base.
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Logunov said that there is a definite procedure to authorize a batch of vaccines for civilian use. It has to pass the quality check of the medical watchdog Roszdravnadzor. Between 10 and 13 September, we have to obtain permission to issue a batch of vaccines for civilian use.
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