Brazilian state agrees to produce Russian COVID-19 vaccine


  • World
  • Thursday, 13 Aug 2020

RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian technology institute said on Wednesday it expects to produce a controversial coronavirus Russian vaccine by the second half of 2021, shortly after the state of Parana signed a memorandum of understanding with Moscow.

Russia has touted it as the world's first registered coronavirus vaccine, although experts have also raised safety concerns for going to market while other pharmaceutical companies are still carrying out mass testing.

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