Azerbaijan has given the go-ahead to the world’s first clinical trials combining two Covid-19 vaccines, with the country set to test inoculation using both Russia’s Sputnik V and the AstraZeneca-Oxford University jab.
Cooperation between the two vaccine producers was first floated last December, when AstraZeneca accepted the proposal of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to begin testing how the two jabs combine. Now, Azerbaijan has stepped forward as being willing to be the first country to host the clinical trial, which will eventually take place over six months in several countries, with 100 volunteers recruited in each.
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