Russia says it will roll out a coronavirus vaccine in October - but no details have been given about what would be the first such programme anywhere in the world
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Foreign news agencies quoted Mikhail Murashko, the health minister for Russia, saying that research facility the Gamaleya Institute had completed clinical trials of the vaccine and paperwork is being prepared to register it. Doctors and teachers would be vaccinated first before wider injections are rolled out to other Russians in October, Mr Murashko added.Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to minister of health Mikhail Murashko during a meeting on preventing the spread of coronavirus
Reuters, citing anonymous sources, said Russia's first potential vaccine would be approved by regulators this month. But the speed of the vaccine being developed and the planned roll out have sparked fears from critics.
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