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Russia has begun vaccinating its military against the new coronavirus, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced on Friday. The immunizer developed by the country was called Sputnik V.
In total, more than 400,000 soldiers will be vaccinated in this campaign, launched by the determination of President Vladimir Putin, Shoigu said, quoted in the Russian Army statement.
So far, more than 2,500 military personnel have been vaccinated. The figure will reach 80,000 by the end of the year, according to the same source.
In early September, the minister himself said that he was vaccinated with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, prepared by the Moscow research center Gamaleya, in collaboration with the Defense Ministry.
Russia, the fourth country in number of infections, behind the United States, India and Brazil, registered a new record of 27,543 cases of contagion detected in 24 hours, in addition to 496 deaths.
The country has accumulated 2,215,533 cases of coronavirus since the beginning of the epidemic, with 38,558 deaths.
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