The head of a top Russian research centre reported to President Vladimir Putin that his lab was set to begin human trials of experimental coronavirus vaccines in June, reports the Moscow Times
Rinat Maksyutov, head of the Vektor State Virology and Biotechnology Center, maintained his facility offered first-phase clinical trials of three vaccines from June 29, on 180 volunteers.
“We have already received more than 300 applications.”
Maksyutov said scientists at the top-secret lab complex located in Koltsovo outside the Siberian city of Novosibirsk had developed several prototype vaccines.
Tests were currently underway on mice, rabbits and other animals to determine the most promising by April 30, he said.
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