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Polina Ivanova, Rinat Sagdiev, Anton Zverev
4 分钟阅读 Many participants had already quit to seek vaccination Current volunteers will not be “unblinded” Other vaccine makers facing same ethical challenge
By Polina Ivanova, Rinat Sagdiev and Anton Zverev
MOSCOW, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Russia stopped taking in new volunteers in the trial of its first vaccine against COVID-19 on Wednesday, with developers saying it was unethical to administer a placebo to participants now that the shot was increasingly available to the public.
Russia began rolling out the Sputnik V vaccine as part of a national inoculation programme in early December as the final, phase III trial continued in the capital at the same time.
Russia halts new volunteers in Sputnik vaccine trial now it is increasingly available By Polina Ivanova, Rinat Sagdiev and Anton Zverev
A medical worker fills a syringe with Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine as she prepares to vaccinate a Russian Army service member at a clinic in the city of Rostov-On-Don
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia stopped taking in new volunteers in the trial of its first vaccine against COVID-19 on Wednesday, with developers saying it was unethical to administer a placebo to participants now that the shot was increasingly available to the public.
Russia began rolling out the Sputnik V vaccine as part of a national inoculation programme in early December as the final, phase III trial continued in the capital at the same time.
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AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria’s long-time foreign minister Walid al-Moalem, an unyielding defender of Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s bloody crackdown on peaceful protesters that sparked a decade-old conflict, died on Monday.
People carry the coffin of Syria s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moalem, during his funeral at Saad bin Muath Mosque in Damascus, Syria, November 16, 2020. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
The government gave no details of the cause of death, but the 79-year-old had been in poor health with heart problems. A source close to the government said his deputy, veteran diplomat Faisal Mekdad, was expected to replace him as foreign minister.