Russia approves Covid vaccine 'Sputnik V'

As the global coronavirus tally crossed 20 million of Tuesday, reports came from Russia of a new Covid-19 vaccine approved by the Vladimir Putin government.

With this, Russia became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine for use among tens of thousands of its citizens.

The race for a vaccine is heating up as nations across the globe brace for new outbreaks of the disease even while they try to restart economies battered by months of initial lockdowns to curb the spread.