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The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, took a third dose today of the Russian vaccine against covid-19, the booster call, according to the president himself, thus joining other leaders, such as Joe Biden, who have also been injected three times with drugs that cope with the coronavirus pandemic.
“Today, on his recommendation, I got the Sputnik Light vaccine, I got revaccinated,” Putin said in a meeting with the deputy director of the Gamaleya Center, developer of the preparation and Spuntik V, Denis Logunov.
Putin said he feels fine after receiving the single-dose preparation (the first component of Sputnik V).
The Russian President got vaccinated against the coronavirus in February, but it only revealed in June that the Sputnik V vaccine had been inoculated, which is licensed in 71 countries so far and has an efficacy of 97.6 percent, although it is not yet approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) or the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
The Russian Fund for Direct Investment (FIDR), which markets Russian preparations abroad, assures that Sputnik Light has an efficiency of 96.3 percent.
Moscow promotes its use as an “effective universal booster” for vaccines produced by AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Moderna and CanSino.
Putin, interested in volunteering for new drugs against covid-19
Putin was also interested today in participating in the trials of the nasal spray version of Sputnik V.
“Can I participate in the experiment?“the president asked Logunov, who replied:” certainly “and asked him to sign the necessary consent document.
After the words of the representative of the laboratory, Putin affirmed that “I will sign it definitively. Perhaps even today.”
According to official data on Friday, in the nation that was a pioneer in registering its own vaccine against covid-19, 58 million 713 thousand 240 citizens have received the complete vaccination schedule, which places herd immunity only in the 50.2 percent of the 80 percent to which the authorities aspire.
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