CNN reporting
- Russia intends to be the first in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine, in less than two weeks
- despite concerns about its safety, effectiveness and over whether the country has cut essential corners in development
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- Russian officials told CNN they are working toward a date of August 10 or earlier for approval of the vaccine, which has been created by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Institute.
- It will be approved for public use, with frontline healthcare workers getting it first, they said.
"It's a Sputnik moment," said Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund,
Rumours on this were circulating in the past couple of weeks, the pace is picking up.