Russia approves second coronavirus vaccine after preliminary trials

Russian regulators have approved a second coronavirus vaccine after early trials, with more detailed study coming later, President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday. Developed by the Vector Institute in Siberia, the second vaccine approved since August completed early-stage human trials last month, Reuters reported. “We need to increase production of the first and second vaccine,” Putin said in comments broadcast on state TV, according to Reuters.

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