Russia plans mass inoculation in Oct using coronavirus vaccine: Report

Health Minister says clinical trials are over for vaccine developed by Moscow-based institute.

Russia plans a mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus for October, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said.

"We plan wider (vaccination) for October because we need to launch a new system of treatment gradually," the Minister told TASS News Agency on Saturday.

Murashko said clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology were over.

The vaccination will be free of charge, the Minister added.

"We plan that the coronavirus vaccination campaign will be totally covered from the budget. Accordingly, the vaccination scheme is known to all. It will be planned," he said.

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