Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered mass COVID-19 vaccination to start next week in Russia.

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Russia will now start its vaccination drive from December 05, making it the first country to vaccinate citizens outside trials. Teachers and doctors would be the priority for the vaccination.

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Russia has given regulatory approval to a second Covid-19 vaccine, named ‘EpiVacCorona’, after early-stage studies. The new coronavirus vaccine comes two months after a similar move for Russia’s first vaccine Sputnik V prompted widespread criticism from scientists both at home and abroad.

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Russia expects to register a second potential vaccine against COVID-19 by October 15. Vaccine has been named as 'Epivaccorona'.

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COVID-19 cases continue to rise in India, the Russian ambassador, Nikolay Kudashev, said Russia is talking to the Indian government "on different levels" about cooperation that may include "supplies, co-development and co-production" of Sputnik V.

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Russia is preparing to approve a second vaccine against COVID-19 in late September or early October, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said on Wednesday.

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Russia has claimed to develop its 1st coronavirus vaccine. The vaccine has been developed by Moscow's Gamaleya institute. What and how much do we know about the vaccine. Watch report.

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Twenty countries including India have expressed interest in acquiring doses of Sputnik V which has been claimed as Russia's world's first vaccine against COVID-19. Watch report.

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin that the world has its first vaccine against the coronavirus. The President announced that the vaccine has been registered and his daughter is among those who have been vaccinated. The move comes before the country plans to start mass vaccination in October. Watch report.

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Russia on Tuesday declared itself the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine with President Vladimir Putin saying one of his daughters had been inoculated.

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Russia's President Vladamir Putin that the world has its first vaccine against the coronavirus. The President announced that the vaccine has been registered and his daughter is among those who have been vaccinated. The move comes before the country plans to start mass vaccination in October. Watch report.

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Russia hopes to finish trials of a coronavirus vaccine in August and aims to produce 30 million doses with the help of international partners by the end of this year, the chief its sovereign wealth fund on Monday said.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has collaborated with a government research institute on a coronavirus vaccine project.&nbsp;

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RDIF chief executive Kirill Dmitriev expects they would next month receive permission to begin production.

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"Immediately after that we are planning to begin mass production," he said in a statement on a national anti-coronavirus website.&nbsp;

"Mass production of this vaccine can stop the pandemic's potential 'second wave'."

Russia would be able to produce 30 million doses by the end of this year, with "international partners across the world" helping to push it to 200 mission doses, he said.&nbsp;

The Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology's vaccine has completed the first phase of the trial and is now testing on military and civilian volunteers.&nbsp;

The vaccine is based on a cold virus.

The RDIF chief says the second phase will end by August 3 and then the third trial will begin in Russia and several other nations including, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.&nbsp; 
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Russia hopes to finish trials of a coronavirus vaccine in August and aims to produce 30 million doses with the help of international partners by the end of this year, the chief its sovereign wealth fund on Monday said.

Russia hopes to finish trials of a coronavirus vaccine in August and aims to produce 30 million doses with the help of international partners by the end of this year, the chief its sovereign wealth fund on Monday said. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has collaborated with a government research institute on a coronavirus vaccine project. Also read | Elite club: Russia secretly tested its coronavirus vaccine among the affluent as early as April RDIF chief executive Kirill Dmitriev expects they would next month receive permission to begin production. Also read | Russian envoy denies Moscow helped hackers target virus vaccine "Immediately after that we are planning to begin mass production," he said in a statement on a national anti-coronavirus website. "Mass production of this vaccine can stop the pandemic's potential 'second wave'." Russia would be able to produce 30 million doses by the end of this year, with "international partners across the world" helping to push it to 200 mission doses, he said. The Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology's vaccine has completed the first phase of the trial and is now testing on military and civilian volunteers. The vaccine is based on a cold virus. The RDIF chief says the second phase will end by August 3 and then the third trial will begin in Russia and several other nations including, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

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Coronavirus cases continue to surge at an unprecedented rate across the world and a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Russia is now grabbing all the headlines. Watch report.

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Moscow’s Sechenov University has completed tests on volunteers of the world’s first vaccine against COVID-19. The Russian embassy in India tweeted. “Sechenov University has successfully completed tests on volunteers of the world’s first vaccine against #COVID19. The #vaccine is safe. The volunteers will be discharged on July 15 and July 20,” chief researcher Elena Smolyarchuk told TASS".

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