Russian medics to get shots in two weeks

Updated August 12 2020 - 7:41pm, first published 7:36pm
Russia has approved a coronavirus vaccine, with mass vaccination possibly starting in October.
Russia has approved a coronavirus vaccine, with mass vaccination possibly starting in October.

Russia says the first batch of its Covid-19 vaccine will be ready for some medics within two weeks and rejected as "groundless" safety concerns aired by some experts over Moscow's rapid approval of the drug.

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