Moscow:
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin will acquire the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a Russian state Television channel on Sunday.
“He said he will be vaccinated, he made this decision and was waiting until all formalities are completed,” the spokesman was quoted as saying to Rossiya 1 Television Channel on its web-site.
Russia launched a voluntary vaccination programme with the Russia-produced Sputnik V vaccine earlier in December, beginning with the most vulnerable groups in Moscow.
People more than the age of 60 may perhaps start to apply for shots on Monday, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin mentioned on his web-site on Sunday, the day soon after the Russian overall health ministry mentioned the vaccine was authorized for use by elderly persons soon after a separate trial.
68-year-old Putin mentioned earlier that the Russian vaccine was productive and protected and he saw no purpose not to be vaccinated adding that he was waiting till it became obtainable.
Since the start off of the coronavirus outbreak in Russia, Putin has primarily worked remotely, held meetings by means of videolink and restricted travel.
He mentioned in August that one particular of his daughters had taken portion in the clinical trial of the vaccine and felt properly afterwards.
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