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China's Leading Epidemiologist Praises Russia's COVID-19 Vaccine, Russian Embassy Says
China's Leading Epidemiologist Praises Russia's COVID-19 Vaccine, Russian Embassy Says
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BEIJING (Sputnik) - China's leading epidemiologist, Zhong Nanshan, has given high praise to the Russian vaccine against COVID-19 and has congratulated the... 20.08.2020, Sputnik International
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China's Leading Epidemiologist Praises Russia's COVID-19 Vaccine, Russian Embassy Says
11:24 GMT 20.08.2020 (Updated: 11:34 GMT 20.08.2020) BEIJING (Sputnik) - China's leading epidemiologist, Zhong Nanshan, has given high praise to the Russian vaccine against COVID-19 and has congratulated the country on completing the vaccine registration, the Russian Embassy in Beijing said on Thursday.
"Zhong Nanshan has highly appraised the vaccine against COVID-19, developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. He has congratulated our country on the completion of the state registration procedure", the Russian Embassy in Beijing said in a statement.
The epidemiologist also noted that the vaccine was safe and expressed hope for "successful completion of the clinical trials", the embassy added.
19 August 2020, 21:02 GMT
Zhong also pointed to the active cooperation between Russian and Chinese experts on the
development of COVID-19 vaccines.
According to the statement, the Russian embassy took part on Wednesday in an online briefing with Zhong's participation. The event, which focused on COVID-19 pandemic prevention and response, was organized by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
On 11 August, the Russian Health Ministry registered the world's first vaccine for prevention of COVID-19. The vaccine was named Sputnik V. The Russian Direct Investment Fund, which has invested over $54 million in the vaccine production with its partners, has received requests from over 20 countries for a total of 1 billion doses of the vaccine. Russia has reached an agreement with five countries on producing the vaccine there.
