UK and Russian vaccines to be combined in new COVID-19 trial
CGTN Europe • 2m 41s
UK vaccine manufacturer AstraZeneca is set to begin a new trial before the end of the year in which it will combine a dose of its vaccine with the Russian Sputnik-V jab.
Scientists believe that using two different types of vaccine together could be more effective in fighting the virus than vaccinating people with two doses of the same jab.
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