BERLIN - German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday said Russia's COVID-19 vaccine had not been sufficiently tested, adding the aim was to have a safe product rather than just being first to start vaccinating people.
Moscow's decision to grant approval before final trials have been completed has raised concerns among some experts. "I would be pleased if we had an initial, good vaccine but based on everything we know - and that's the fundamental problem, namely that the Russians aren't telling us much - this has not been sufficiently tested," he added.
"It's not about being first somehow - it's about having an effective, tested and therefore safe vaccine," he said when asked about Russia's vaccine, which will be called"Sputnik V" in homage to the world's first satellite launched by the Soviet Union.
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