Moscow may approve non-Russian Covid-19 vaccines including Pfizer soon: Report

Russia, which has the world's fourth-highest number of Covid-19 cases, plans to begin mass vaccinations next week.

Russia could approve non-Russian vaccines against Covid-19, including the shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, TASS cited the head of state healthcare regulator Roszdravnadzor as saying on Thursday.

Syringes are stored as the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine is administered at Havelhoehe community hospital in Berlin, Germany. (REUTERS)

Russia, which has the world's fourth-highest number of Covid-19 cases, plans to begin mass vaccinations next week.