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On August 11th, 2020 the Russian government announced the world's first release of a vaccine against COVID-19, referring to the vaccine as "Sputnik 5" (Gam-COVI
by aldanor 6y ago
On August 11th, 2020 the Russian government announced the world's first release of a vaccine against COVID-19, referring to the vaccine as "Sputnik 5" (Gam-COVID-Vac) to reflect Russia's previous victories in the Space Race. ([1])
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korabl-Sputnik_5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korabl-Sputnik_5