Russia to register second Covid-19 vaccine by October 15

A specialist works at Binnopharm pharmaceutical plant, part of Alium Group owned by Sistema financial corporation, which develops "Gam-COVID-Vac" vaccine against the coronavirus disease in Zelenograd near Moscow, Russia. Credit: Reuters

Russia expects to register a second potential vaccine against Covid-19 by October 15, the TASS news agency cited Russian consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor as saying on Tuesday.

The vaccine has been developed by Siberia's Vector Institute, which completed early-stage human trials of the vaccine last week.

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Russia registered its first vaccine candidate, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, in August. Late-stage trials, involving at least 40,000 people, are ongoing.

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