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Russia approves ‘world’s first’ Covid-19 vaccine, President Vladimir Putin says | South China Morning Post

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Russia had become the first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, President Vladimir Putin said on August 11, 2020. The nation’s health ministry has granted regulatory approval for the vaccine after less than two months of human testing. It paved the way for a mass inoculation of the Russian population despite the …

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