The Ministers of Health of the Russian Federation and Turkey have agreed to cooperate in clinical trials of vaccines against coronavirus, the Turkish Ministry of health Fahrettin Koca announced.
Earlier, Koca reported on a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Murashko, during which an agreement was reached on the joint work of specialists from the two countries to create a vaccine and medicine against the coronavirus.
"In Turkey, 22 universities are working on creating vaccines against the coronavirus, four of them are already testing them on animals. It is not enough to go to the stage of clinical trials within a single country. Russia is also developing vaccines, and we have agreed to cooperate on cross-clinical trials, " Koca told reporters.
He added that scientists from Russia and Turkey would discuss further steps for cooperation in this area on Thursday in a video conference.
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