Russian President Vladimir Putin is doing well after being vaccinated against COVID-19, said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary for the President of the Russian Federation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was vaccinated against COVID-19 coronavirus infection on March 23. Reported by “RIA Novosti”, referring to the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.
Peskov said that the president is doing well.
He noted that Putin will have a full working day tomorrow.
According to information BBCIn the morning, Peskov held a press briefing, during which he said that the Russians would not be shown how the president was vaccinated.
Journalists reminded a Kremlin spokesman that many Russians are skeptical about the COVID-19 vaccine, and asked why Putin will not be vaccinated publicly, as they did US President Joe Biden or British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Peskov answered: “The President, and so, you see, a fairly significant part of his working time devotes to events, conversations, meetings related to vaccination, vaccine production, and so on and so forth. Therefore, the president does a lot to promote vaccines and so on. about vaccinations under the cameras: well, he’s never been a supporter, he doesn’t like it. “
It is not reported with what drug the President of the Russian Federation was inoculated, Peskov only specified that it would be one of three Russian drugs.
Currently, three vaccines against COVID-19 have been registered in the country: the Sputnik V vector drug of the Nikolai Fedorovich Gamaleya Center, the EpiVacCorona peptide vaccine of the Vector Center and KoviVak of the Mikhail Petrovich Chumakov Center.
Putin claimed that the vaccine “Sputnik V” registered in Russia on August 11 2020 year, effective, forms a stable immunity and has passed all tests. However, the vaccine has been criticized in the scientific community, as it was registered before the third phase of clinical trials. In Russia, they announced 95 percent efficiency… International magazine The Lancet wrote about efficiency at 91.6%.
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At the same time, a number of Russian scientists noted that the accelerated approach to vaccine registration is contrary to scientific and ethical standards for drug development… Vaccinated Russians have complained of various side effects – fever, loss of smell, high blood pressure.
The Sputnik V vaccine has not been approved in the European Union. In Russia, mass vaccination with a domestic drug is underway. According to the Russian Direct Investment Fund, as of March 22, the Sputnik V vaccine approved for use in 55 countries.
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