Russia says it is working on virus vaccine together with China
South Asia
29 January, 2020, 01:55 pm
Last modified: 29 January, 2020, 03:12 pm
The Russian consulate confirmed the news.
Russia and China are working jointly to develop a coronavirus vaccine and Beijing has handed over the genome of the virus to Moscow, the Russian consulate in China's Guangzhou said on Wednesday.
"Russian and Chinese experts have begun developing a vaccine," the consulate said in a statement on its website.
Russia has not had any confirmed cases of the new virus.
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