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MOSCOW Russia may start trials on a COVID-19 vaccine combining its Sputnik V vaccine and various Chinese shots in Arab countries, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund as saying on Friday.
RDIF is marketing Russia’s vaccine globally. Its chief executive Kirill Dmitriev said the fund had received many requests from other vaccine manufacturers, including ones in China, for joint trials.
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“These are the big manufacturers and it may be that we will start the first trials in Arab countries combining Sputnik with a number of Chinese vaccines,” he was quoted as saying. (Reporting by Anton Kolodyazhnyy; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Alison Williams and Ros Russell)
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