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“I would ask them to organize their work so that we can start this large-scale vaccination by the end of next week,” Putin said.
The president pointed out that teachers and doctors will be the first to be vaccinated.
“More than 2 million have been or will be produced in the coming days. Putin added in a video conference with Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova, who heads the coronavir working group.
The statement was made by the Russian leader on the same day that the United Kingdom allowed the vaccination of COVID-19, developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, starting next week.
Russia said last week that interim investigations had shown Sputnik V to be 95% effective. – this may mean that the product is more efficient than that offered by foreign competitors.
The drug, named after the Soviet satellite Sputnik, is currently being tested with about 40,000. volunteers in the third and final stage of clinical trials.
Sputnik V was developed using two different human adenovirus vectors. This vaccine is given in two doses, 21 days apart.
The vaccine will be free for all Russian citizens and vaccination will be voluntary.
Last week, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that a mass vaccination campaign had been launched in the army to vaccinate more than 400,000 people. soldiers, of which about 80 thousand. – At the end of this year.
Russia, where coronavirus infection was confirmed at 2.3 million. ranked fourth in the world in terms of COVID-19 cases. More than 41,000 people have died in the country since the epidemic began. people infected with coronavirus.
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