Sounds promising. 1 million vaccine doses could be available by September this year if this project is successful (estimates that there is an 80% chance of the vaccine being proved effective). https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1251791687573176320
Human trials begin on Thursday. https://twitter.com/MattHancock/status/1252653119504351233
Imperial's vaccine candidate begins human trials. This is the second of the two vaccine candidates being bankrolled by the UK government (different approach to Oxford). It's the 13th worldwide to reach this stage. This one hopes to be ready in early 2021. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53061288
The reason Russia is "first" is because it has approved the vaccine for use before even starting the phase 3 trials that other candidate vaccines are currently engaged in. It's a bigger gamble than other countries are prepared to take. https://sputnikvaccine.com/about-vaccine/clinical-trials/
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