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UK 'likely to reject' Russia coronavirus vaccine set for mass rollout in October

Clinical trials of the Russian vaccine in Moscow in June. (Image: Sechenov Medical University Pres)

Russia has boasted it will start a mass vaccination program of its citizens against coronavirus in October - but Britain is reportedly set to reject the jab if offered it.

Moscow yesterday bragged its vaccine would be a "Sputnik moment" as it is set to be the first country in the world to develop one.

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