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Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

JAPAN is leaning towards allowing domestic spectators at the Olympics despite the pandemic, media reports said, while Australia's second-largest city Melbourne will exit a hard lockdown as planned tomorrow. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * Eikon users, see COVID-19: MacroVitals for a case tracker and summary of news EUROPE * The European Union's executive body urged caution in the face of calls for a public-private scheme for insuring companies against economic lockdowns in future pandemics. * Some Russian drugmakers say they will only manufacture the single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine for the time being because it is easier to make than Sputnik…
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Russia tests one-dose ‘light’ in UAE, Ghana

Russia tests one-dose ‘light’ in UAE, Ghana

POLINA NIKOLSKAYA and EMILIO PARODI RUSSIAN developers of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 have applied for domestic approval of a single-dose "light" version, and that trials of it in Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Ghana have already begun. The slimmed-down shot is not expected to be as effective as the original vaccine, said Arsen Kubataev, of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund marketing the vaccine abroad. But the outlook for it is "optimistic", he said. RDIF has previously suggested the one-shot version of Sputnik V could be a "temporary" solution for countries with high infections…
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