Russia approves its third COVID-19 vaccine: PM

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Saturday approved a third coronavirus vaccine for domestic use, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on state TV.

The first 120,000 doses, labelled CoviVac and produced by the Chumakov Centre in St. Petersburg, will be released for domestic use in March, he added.

(Reporting by Darya Korsunskaya; Writing by Polina Ivanova; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)

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