Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone Monday and agreed to cooperate on the efforts to find a vaccine against the coronavirus, Russia's Tass news agency reported.
According to the report, the two leaders also discussed the situation in Syria, Israel's neighbor to the north where Russia has a considerable military presence, as well as the recent rapprochement between the United Arab Emirates and the Jewish state.
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Earlier this month, Russia became the first country to officially register a coronavirus vaccine. The Kremlin said that medical workers, teachers, and other at-risk groups will be the first to be inoculated.
Moscow's Health Ministry further said that the vaccine was expected to provide immunity from the coronavirus for up to two years.
Russian officials have said that large-scale production of the vaccine will start in September, and mass vaccination may begin as early as October.
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