Coronavirus Vaccine Allegedly Given To Russian Billionaires But Country Denies It
Several hundred were reportedly given doses of the vaccine being developed by Russia’s Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology and funded by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), according to people familiar with the vaccine work who declined to be named, Bloomberg reported. However, several Russian health officials have denied the allegation, including Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. He told Russia’s Interfax he was unaware of business executives getting early access to the vaccine....