Russia’s Sputnik V- World’s First Covid-19 Vaccine- Explained
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Russia’s Sputnik V- World’s First Covid-19 Vaccine- Explained

Key Points Russian President Vladimir Putin on 11th August announced the registration of World’s first Covid-19 vaccine, as claimed by Russia. Clinical trials are yet to be completed, despite the fact that the vaccine is already registered. Phase III clinical trials will begin on Wednesday. Putin stated one of his daughters had been vaccinated with it. This vaccine candidate by…

Zydus’s Vaccine for Covid-19 enters Phase II
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Zydus’s Vaccine for Covid-19 enters Phase II

India’s pharmaceutical company Zydus Cadila’s Vaccine candidate for Covid-19 named ‘ZyCoV-D’ claimed to have completed Phase I of clinical trials. According to a press release on its website dated on 5th August 2020, the company said to enter Phase II clinical trials from 6th August 2020.  The Phase I of this vaccine candidate began on 15th July 2020 and was administered to healthy…

Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine, The truth?
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Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine, The truth?

Some media channels on Sunday (12th July) reported that Russia’s Sechenov University had completed clinical trials of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), claiming it as the ‘first vaccine in the world to complete human trials for Covid-19.’ We are here to tell you that it’s not true and they misstated it. Sputnik News was one of the media channels…