Russia to try to obtain more information about the experimental COVID-19 vaccine the country recently approved.Last week, Russia became the first country in the world to license a coronavirus vaccine when President Vladimir Putin announced its approval.
But the vaccine has not yet passed the advanced trials normally required to prove it works before being licensed, a major breach of scientific protocol.
Russian officials claimed the vaccine would provide lasting immunity to COVID-19 but offered no proof. Russia clears coronavirus vaccine, insists it’s safe as scientists sound alarm Catherine Smallwood, a senior emergency official at WHO Europe said the agency had begun “direct discussions” with Russia and that WHO officials have been.