Russia approves clinical trials for Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Ad5-Ncov - Ifax

Published On: December 7, 2020 06:39 PM NPT By: Reuters

Vials labelled "COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine" are placed on dry ice in this illustration taken, December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

MOSCOW, Dec 7: Russia has granted approval for clinical trials to be held for the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Ad5-Ncov involving 8,000 volunteers, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday.

Ad5-nCoV is a vaccine candidate co-developed by CanSino Biologics and a Chinese military-backed research unit.