President Vladimir Putin says Russia has developed the first vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus.
But, according to Jarbas Barbosa, assistant director of its Americas branch, the PAHO, the WHO has not received enough information on the Russian COVID-19 vaccine to evaluate it,
Worldwide coronavirus cases have surpassed 20 million, with Brazil and Mexico reporting a combined 27,000 infections in just one day.
More than 12.4 million have recovered, and almost 738,000 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University.