President Putin injected with unknown vaccine against corona | Abroad

A spokesman said in a first reaction that the 68-year-old Putin felt well after the vaccination and will go back to work the next day. The Kremlin deliberately does not disclose the name of the vaccine, “because all three Russian vaccines are reliable and effective.”

In Russia, many people wondered why Putin, who even posed bare-chested while riding, is suddenly so camera-shy when it comes to vaccinations. With a shot in front of the cameras, Putin could have increased the confidence of the population in the vaccine, the reasoning was. “He does not like it,” said a spokesman. According to him, Putin has never been in favor of public vaccinations and is already doing a lot to promote Russian vaccines.

Sputnik-V is currently the best known of the three vaccines from Russia. This medicine is also administered in other countries. In addition, Sputnik-V is being evaluated by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) through an accelerated procedure.

According to Moscow, at least 93,000 Russians have died from the corona virus, with another 4.5 million infections detected. Two percent of Russians have been vaccinated. Worldwide, the official death rate is approaching three million. In the Netherlands, the death toll is over 16,000.

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