World experts on Nature, rash Russian vaccine

(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 12 - Rash, reckless and based on few data: so experts and researchers from all over the world, interviewed by the journal Nature, evaluate the registration of the Russian anti-Covid vaccine, announced yesterday by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Safety is of particular concern as there has not been a large-scale trial. For Francois Balloux, of University College London, "it is a rash and reckless decision. Mass vaccination with a properly untested vaccine is unethical", while for Svetlana Zavidova, head of the Association of Clinical Studies Organizations in Russia, it is "ridiculous to give authorization on the basis of these data ". (HANDLE).