Discussing the suspicions the virus SARS-CoV-2 that causes the COVID-19 disease is artificial would be senseless, because a number of processes that might support either point of view are impossible to trace, the director of the Ye. I. Martsynovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical and Vector Borne Diseases,...
Russia aims to become the world’s first country to have a novel coronavirus vaccine approved, CNN said citing Russian officials, including the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev, TASS reported.
"Russian officials told CNN they are working toward a date of August 10 or earlier for...
The Philippines plans to launch clinical trials for a Russian coronavirus vaccine in October, with President Rodrigo Duterte expected to be inoculated as early as May next year, the presidential spokesman said on Thursday, Reuters reported.
Harry Roque, Duterte’s spokesman, made the announcement a day after Philippine scientists met with...
Belarus’ participation in the Russian anti-coronavirus vaccine trials was among the topics discussed by Russian and Belarusian Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, during their Monday’s telephone conversation, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov confirmed to TASS.
"During their telephone conversation, Putin and Lukashenko did discuss Belarus' participation in trials of...
Russia’s sovereign wealth fund (RDIF) will sell 32 million doses of potential COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik-V’ to a top pharmaceutical company in Mexico, Russia’s second vaccine export deal, a source close to the deal said on Wednesday, Reuters writes.
Russia registered its first vaccine candidate, developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute, in...
A scientist involved in the secret Soviet program to create the Novichok nerve agent has apologized to the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who is recovering from poisoning in Berlin, The Moscow Times reported.
Vil Mirzayanov, a chemist who was the first to reveal Novichok's development, in an interview with...
The number of coronavirus cases in Russia increased by 9,859 per day, which is the maximum figure since May 15, TASS reported. The total number of people infected in the country has reached 1,204,502, the operational headquarters to combat the spread of coronavirus told reporters on Saturday.
According to the...
The World Health Organization said on Friday it had had very good dialogue with developers of a second Russian vaccine candidate against COVID-19, Reuters reported.
“We will only be able to have a position on a vaccine when we see results of the phase 3 clinical trials,” WHO Chief Scientist...
