Another Russian Covid-19 vaccine on the way? Siberian lab begins 2nd phase of trials just days after registration of Sputnik V

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A mere week after Russia registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine, the ‘Vector’ virology center in Novosibirsk has announced that an entirely different Covid-19 solution is entering the second stage of clinical trials.

As with the US, Russia is not putting all its eggs in one basket when it comes to a potential fix for coronavirus. Anna Popova, the head of the national health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, announced on Monday that volunteers were injected with Vector’s experimental vaccine on August 12. Five days later, on August 17, a second group received the shot.

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