According to Sputnik news - The Russian Academy of Sciences and the US National Academy of Sciences during a videoconference on Thursday signed an agreement on cooperation in COVID-19-related research.

According to the Russian Academy of Sciences, under the agreement, the parties plan to cooperate in all areas related research on coronavirus, its roots, treatment and prevention methods. Scientists also intend to develop cooperation in the field of epidemiological, virological, molecular and biological studies of COVID-19 and the study of the pathophysiology of the infection.