Russian President Vladimir Putin received COVID-19 vaccine

Russian President Vladimir Putin was vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday, allegedly with a dose of the inoculant Sputnik V, although on Monday the Kremlin announced that the name of the Russian immunizer administered to the president would not be revealed.

“Putin has been vaccinated against the coronavirus. He feels good. Tomorrow he has a full day of work, ”said his spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, as quoted by the official press agency. RIA Novosti.

The conjectures that it was Sputnik V are the result of a tweet from the manufacturer’s official account, in which they announced the vaccination of the 68-year-old president with a photo of him.

“It will be one of three (vaccines), but We won’t intentionally say which of them, as they are all good, reliable and efficientPeskov pointed out.

Russia has three COVID-19 vaccines: Sputnik V, EpiVacCorona and CoviVac, but among these, the supply to the population of the latter two is always minimal or zero, respectively.

The first deliveries of CoviVac, developed by the Chumakov Center, will start on the 28th, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Gólikova said on Monday.

The Kremlin had also reported that the vaccination of the 68-year-old Russian leader, It would be carried out without cameras and without specifying which of the three inoculants would receive, and it happened.

“When it comes to vaccinating in front of the cameras, he doesn’t like it,” the spokesperson said.

At a time, Peskov was confident that the news will boost the vaccination campaign in that country and inspire more people to apply one of the local preparations against COVID-19.

Putin reported yesterday that so far in the country, 6.3 million people (4.35% of the population) have been vaccinated with the first dose, and among them, 4.3 million with both components.

The Minister of Health, Mikhail Murashko, for his part, said that more than 30 million Russians should be vaccinated against covid-19 until June 15.

Currently the Sputnik V is subjected by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to a process called “continuous review”, real-time analysis of data on its safety, efficacy and quality, which could lead to the authorization of the use of this medicine in the European Union (EU).

On Tuesday, EMA director Emer Cooke claimed that the agency ‘You still have questions’ to be answered by Russian vaccine developer Gamaleya Center.

The The World Health Organization (WHO) has always given the green light to the Russian vaccine for emergency use, which was requested in October last year.

The Gamaleya Center and Russian health authorities say the Sputnik V is absolutely safe vaccine with no unwanted side effects and 91.6% efficacy.

According to official data, today Russia is racking up 4.47 million positives for the coronavirus and 95,818 deaths from covid-19, but so far this year the epidemic situation has improved significantly compared to other European countries.

In the last 24 hours across the country there has been 8,457 cases, a figure comparable to that of October of last year, and 427 deaths.

“We are in a period of sustained decline in disease. We reasonably assess the situation in March and April (…) and there may be a small rebound, ”Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Gólikova said today.

With information from AFP and EFE

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