Russia offered to help the US develop a coronavirus vaccine, but the Americans said no because they don't trust it, report says

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• Russia offered to help the US secure its coronavirus vaccine, but the Americans turned it down, CNN reported Thursday.
• Russia this week became the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, known as Sputnik V.
• But experts say the development was rushed, test data and methodologies are being kept secret, and truncated testing may have missed detrimental side effects.
• Russian officials told CNN they offered the US help, and access to the Sputnik V vaccine, but were rebuffed.
• One US public-health official told CNN: "There's no way in hell the US tries this [Russian vaccine] on monkeys, let alone people."
• The US has contributed funding to several vaccine projects as part of Operation Warp Speed, a plan to have 300 million doses of a safe and effective vaccine available by January.
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Russia offered to lend a hand to US efforts to access or develop a coronavirus vaccine, but the Americans refused it, according to a Thursday report by CNN.

Russia announced on Tuesday that it had approved its Sputnik V vaccine from the Moscow-based Gamaleya Institute.

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