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CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

First industrial batch of Russian vaccine against COVID-19 may appear by fall

The first groups of volunteers received the vaccine on June 18

MOSCOW, June 25. /TASS/. The first industrial batch of a vaccine against the coronavirus in Russia is planned to be obtained at the beginning of fall, Head of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing Anna Popova

"We all look forward to the promised deadlines - it is the beginning of fall. [We are waiting] to obtain the first industrial batch of the vaccine," she said in an interview with the Russia-24 TV channel.

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Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Health reported on the start of clinical trials of two forms of a coronavirus vaccine developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology. The first groups of volunteers received the vaccine on June 18. The study results are expected by August. After that, the Ministry will evaluate the results and make a decision on whether the use of this vaccine is acceptable.

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