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Reported Russian COVID vaccine disinformation ‘reprehensible’: UK’s Raab

FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labeled with a “Vaccine COVID-19” sticker
FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labeled with a “Vaccine COVID-19” sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration

LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Friday a reported Russian disinformation campaign to undermine COVID-19 vaccine trials was “reprehensible” at a time when countries should be coming together.

“We know that Russia has a track record in this area,” he told Sky News when asked about a Times newspaper report that there was a Russian campaign to undermine an Oxford University vaccine trial.

“Anyone trying to basically sabotage the efforts of those trying to develop a vaccine are deeply reprehensible, and it’s pretty unacceptable and unjustified in any circumstances.”

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Paul Sandle; editing by Michael Holden)