Russia has started producing CoviVac, its third vaccine against Covid-19, and will soon make it available for use in its regions, though phase three trials are still underway, officials said, according to Reuters.

“The third Russian vaccine is entering civilian circulation and will appear in the regions in the coming days,” the Science and Higher Education Ministry said in a statement.

The Chumakov Centre plans to produce up to 10 million doses of the vaccine a year, the ministry said.Science Minister Valery Falkov said that phase three trials of the vaccine had begun, the Interfax news agency reported.