Russia said Monday it aims to launch mass production of a coronavirus vaccine next month and turn out 'several million' doses per month by next year.
MOSCOW: Russia said on Monday it aims to launch mass production of a coronavirus vaccine next month and turn out"several million" doses per month by next year.
The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which finances the trials, said he expects official registration of the vaccine to be complete"within 10 days"."If this happens in the next 10 days, we will be ahead not just of the United States but other countries too, it will be the first registered coronavirus vaccine," RDIF chief Kirill Dmitriev said in televised remarks.
Vitaly Zverev, laboratory chief at the Mechnikov Research Institute of Vaccines and Sera, said it was too early to register a vaccine."I believe a vaccine that is not properly checked must not be registered, no matter in what country," he said.
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