Russian Ambassador Rejects Virus Vaccine Hacking Claims

Russian Ambassador Rejects Virus Vaccine Hacking Claims
A subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, on March 16, 2020. Britain, the United States and Canada accused Russia on July 16, 2020, of trying to steal information from researchers seeking a COVID-19 vaccine. Ted S. Warren/AP Photo
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LONDON—Russia’s ambassador to Britain has rejected allegations that his country’s intelligence services sought to steal information about a coronavirus vaccine.

Andrei Kelin said in a BBC interview broadcast Sunday that there was “no sense” in the allegations made last week by the United States, Britain and Canada.