Russia says coronavirus vaccine will take 8-10 months to develop - Interfax

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it will take between eight and 10 months to develop a vaccine against coronavirus, the Interfax news agency cited health minister Mikhail Murashko as saying.

"Today the process of developing a vaccine is not a short period of time. A vaccine is being developed for at least eight to 10 months, this is just the initial stage without clinical trials," said Murashko.

(Reporting by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Alex Richardson)