what WHO is saying about the Russian made COVID19 vaccine.

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  WHO in Close Contact With Russia Over First-Ever Vaccine for Coronavirus

  "We are in close contact with Russian health authorities and discussions are ongoing with respect to possible WHO prequalification of the vaccine, but again prequalification of any vaccine includes the rigorous review and assessment of all required safety and efficacy data," WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told a U.N. briefing in Geneva, referring to clinical trials.
• Russia's Binnopharm Factory Can Produce 1.5Mln COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Annually

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Binnopharm’s factory in the Russian town of Zelenograd can produce about 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses per year and several batches are ready for shipment to the regions, the AFK Sistema conglomerate said Tuesday.

  "Binnopharm factory has a capacity to produce 1.5 million vaccine units per year. The first batches of the vaccine are ready for shipment to the Russian regions", investment company AFK Sistema President Vladimir Chirakhov said, as quoted in the company's press release.

  Sistema's shares jumped by almost 6 percent on the news of the vaccine, Moscow stock exchange data showed.

  Earlier on Tuesday, the Russian Health Ministry registered the first coronavirus vaccine in the world. It was developed jointly by the Gamaleya Research Institute and the Russian Defence Ministry. According to Health Minister Mikhail Murashko, the vaccine will be produced by the Gamaleya centre and Sistema's Binnopharm.