Russia on a Mission to Produce Millions of Covid-19 Vaccines by 2021

"You can make anything, but who is going to buy it?"

Zverev added that the three firms named as future producers of Russia's vaccines are well-known pharmaceutical firms that do not normally make vaccines, let alone high-tech ones using DNA technology.

"No adenovirus-based vaccine has been proven effective before," he said. "How are they going to grow it? Nobody explains this."

Moscow has dismissed allegations from the UK, the United States and Canada that a hacking group linked to Russian intelligence services tried to steal information about a coronavirus vaccine from labs in the West.

At more than 850,000 infections, Russia's coronavirus caseload is currently fourth in the world after the United States, Brazil and India.

(Writers & Editors: MA/AS/TGB, Agence France-Presse)

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