Russia registers world's first COVID-19 vaccine for animals - watchdog


  • World
  • Wednesday, 31 Mar 2021

FILE PHOTO: A specialist collects a swab sample from a rabbit at a laboratory of the Federal centre for animal health during the development of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for animals, in Vladimir, Russia December 9, 2020. VETANDLIFE.RU/Handout via REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has registered the world's first vaccine against COVID-19 for animals, the country's agriculture safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said on Wednesday.

Russia already has three coronavirus vaccines for humans, the most well known of which is Sputnik V. Moscow has also given emergency approval to two others, EpiVacCorona and CoviVac.

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