Coronavirus: Moscow, possible mass vaccine in 2021

(ANSA) - MOSCOW, JULY 16 - Russia could vaccinate its entire population against coronavirus at the beginning of the next year: stated the head of the Russian direct investment fund Kirill Dmitriev, taken over by the Interfax agency. "We will produce 30 million doses of the vaccine in Russia, or 50 million if necessary, which means that Russia may have full vaccinations early next year. In the world, we expect to produce around 200 million vaccine doses before the end of this quest. the year. "Yesterday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the potential vaccine for Covid-19 that Russia is testing appears" safe "after the first clinical tests and that the volunteers on which it has been tested have developed an immune response. Dmitriev said that a third phase of clinical trials should begin in early August. (HANDLE)