Russia will start clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine in two weeks: Health Ministry

With coronavirus pandemic showing signs of slowing down, countries race to develop a vaccine to eliminate disease from society. Russia on May 30 said that it will start clinical trials of its potential vaccine in two weeks. Russian health ministry on Saturday informed that authorities have given go-ahe to start clinical trial of country's first anti-COVID-19 drug. Countries such as United States, Germany, China, Cana, and United Kingdom have alrey moved on to next st of vaccine development after y started human trials of ir drug recently. 

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According to figures by Johns Hopkins University, Russia is currently third most affected country in world with little over 4,00,000 confirmed coronavirus cases. However, death toll in nation remains relatively lower than or major countries in world with 4,693 people de so far.   recovered patients' tally in Russia stands at 1,71,883. With a lower death toll and higher recovery rate, Russia is becoming one of models for countries to take lessons from. However, critics allege that former USSR is hiding real numbers and death toll is actually higher than being reported. 

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COVID-19 outbreak

coronavirus pandemic has infected over 6 million people worldwide and has claimed more than 3,69,000 lives to date, according to figures by Johns Hopkins University. Health experts believe that virus originated from a wet market in China's Wuhan city, where exotic animals were reportedly being tred illegally. 

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