The trial will enroll volunteers 18 years and older.
Preliminary results have shown Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine to be 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 infection, according to The Hill. Russia authorized the vaccine in August, the first country to do so. It began vaccinating people this week.
Read AstraZeneca’s full news release here.
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