Russia begins testing vaccine against Coved-19

The next “week will start a clinical study on efficiency and safety of the “vaccine Sputnik V” in Russia”, said the Russian Sovereign Fund, associate in developing the vaccine, specifying that more than 400,000 volunteers and 45 medical centres will participate in the study”

President Vladimir Putin said earlier this month that Russia was the first country to register a vaccine against the Coronavirus, although this announcement was carefully received by scientists from the World Health Organization who said this vaccine still needed a strict security review.

“vaccine Sputnik V”, named after the first artificial satellite in history, is seen with scepticism worldwide, in particular due to the lack of a final phase of testing at the time of its proclamation.