Cosmonauts not ready to try Russia's virus vaccine

Moscow (AFP) Sept 24, 2020

Russian cosmonauts set to blast off for the International Space Station said on Thursday it was too early to get a coronavirus vaccine touted by President Vladimir Putin. "I'd personally say that I would not get vaccinated because I tread very carefully on this issue," said Sergei Ryzhikov, the 46-year-old leader of the next expedition to the ISS in October. He and other cosmonauts wore