(AP)The Indian embassy in Moscow is in touch with the Russian medical research institute that has developed the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine to be cleared for use by the public, top government sources told The Indian Express. Russian regulators last week greenlighted the Sputnik V vaccine developed by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, and President Vladimir Putin announced that one of his daughters had already been inoculated with it. Read our Covid-19 vaccine trackerWestern experts have been sceptical about the Russian claim, given the speed and secrecy with which the Gamaleya candidate has been given regulatory approval. Russian Covid-19 vaccine updates| Video shows how Sputnik V will end coronavirus; Phase III trials in 7-10 daysPutin has claimed that the vaccine works “quite effectively”, and “forms a stable immunity” against the infection. Clinical trials were expected to start soon in the UAE and the Philippines, and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte would participate personally, Dmitriev said.

Source: Indian Express August 17, 2020 23:26 UTC