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Russia to begin Phase III trials of second COVID-19 vaccine in November-December: Report

Early-stage clinical trials for the vaccine were completed on Wednesday.

October 02, 2020 / 19:16 IST
3 | NHS England in talks on rollout of potential COVID vaccine from December, says report: The National Health Service (NHS) is in talks with the British Medical Association (BMA) and others around mobilising the rollout of a potential COVID-19 vaccine from December, Pulse website for health professionals reported. >There is optimism around the first cohorts being given a vaccine in December but there is a 50/50 chance of the vaccine being available by that time, Pulse reported, citing a person close to the discussions.

Russia will begin Phase III trials of a second potential vaccine against COVID-19, developed by Siberia's Vector Institute, in November-December, the TASS news agency cited Russian consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor as saying on October 2.

Early-stage clinical trials for the vaccine were completed on Wednesday.

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first published: Oct 2, 2020 07:15 pm

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