US: Anthony Fauci says unlikely to use coronavirus vaccines from Russia and China

US top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci has raised concerns over safety of COVID-19 vaccines produced in Russia and China ding that y might t be testing ir vaccines accurately. More than six months have been passed since COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic by World Health Organization, triggering a race to develop its vaccine.

While several Chinese and Russian companies are w claiming to have developed a vaccine, Swedish-British brand AstraZeneca is currently in its third phase of vaccine trial. Meanwhile, Putin le government has anunced that it was targeting a date in September to roll out coronavirus vaccine. However, Fauci said it was unlikely that US would use any of vaccines developed by a country where regulatory systems are far more opaque than y are in West. dressing Congress, he said that he hoped those countries were testing vaccine before making claims and distributing it.

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 "I do hope that Chinese and Russians are actually testing vaccine before y are ministering vaccine to anyone. Claims of having a vaccine rey to distribute before you do testing, I think, is problematic, at best," he told a US Congressional hearing on July 31. 

Operation warp speed

Trump ministration has previously anunced that it would pay $2.1 billion to pharma giants GSK and Safi in order to aid m in developing a vaccine as a part of its “operation warp speed”.Earlier this week, Donald Trump said his country may provide a vaccine for vel coronavirus to or countries when it is rey. American leer has previously expressed possibility of a vaccine before end of 2020. Speaking at a press briefing on July 28, Trump said that when y have a vaccine, it will be discharged and taken care of.

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