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The Kremlin announced in late March that Putin had been vaccinated. However, it was not revealed what drug he was injected with.
His spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Putin “does not like to be vaccinated against cameras, he has never been a supporter of such public relations campaigns, so he will not be vaccinated against the coronavirus in public.”
During a live broadcast on Wednesday, he testified that he had not yet revealed the name of the vaccine because he did not want to give the company that makes it a competitive advantage.
He also said that he didn’t feel any strong side effects.
“I was asked not to say which vaccine I would vaccinate so that a particular product would not gain a competitive advantage. When I was vaccinated, two vaccines were used in the country: EpiVacCorona and Sputnik V. I could choose either one. I did not consult much with the doctors, I looked more at what acquaintances chose. Both vaccines are good, modern. But after chatting with acquaintances, I got the impression that [„EpiVacCorona“] the protection granted is shorter. True, this vaccine also has advantages: there are no side effects after vaccination. Since I wanted the longest possible protection, I decided to get vaccinated with Sputnik, “Vladimir Putin said.
He also explained why there was no video of his vaccination.
“And if you were vaccinated not in the arm but in another part of the body, you also had to show it? Now there are many deceivers who pretend. The citizens of the country understand that if I said that I had been vaccinated, then I had been vaccinated. They believe that. At this level, people don’t mention petty fraud, “Putin said.
He added that his daughter had also been vaccinated in Sputnik V. It is true that which of the two daughters, the Russian leader did not specify.
But the most puzzling part of Putin’s speech on vaccines is his statement about the supposedly tragic situation after the Astrazeneca and Pfizer vaccines. He did not elaborate on his speech.
“Thank God we don’t have a tragic situation like the one we saw after Astrazeneca and Pfizer,” he said.
Urge Russians to “listen to specialists” and get vaccinated
Putin on Wednesday called on Russians to “listen to the experts” and get vaccinated as the third wave of COVID-19 increases in the country and the vaccination campaign slows.
“It is necessary to listen, not to low-skilled and rumor-spreading people, but to specialists,” he said during the annual “Hotline”, during which he answers questions from the Russian population.
Polls show that most Russians do not want to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
He also voiced opposition to mandatory vaccination, despite the rapid increase in pandemic coronavirus infections in the country and the slow pace of vaccination.
“I do not support mandatory vaccination,” he said, but added that he did not rule out the possibility of mandatory vaccination of individual groups of citizens under the Public Immunity Protection Act.
Putin expressed hope that by the beginning of the school year, the Russian population will gain herd immunity against COVID-19.
“For primary classes, the teaching process is likely to be organized in a normal way, and for senior classes, it will be necessary to assess the specific situation. But I think that, in the end, I hope that we continue to have the herd immunity that we are talking about, also through active vaccination, and that schools and higher education institutions, small and medium-sized companies, our large companies work in a normal way, ”he said.
Russia is currently facing a third wave of coronavirus.
The country registered a record number of deaths from COVID-19 for the second day in a row, with 669 deaths recorded last day, on Wednesday the operational headquarters coordinates the fight against the epidemic.
The country is grappling with an increase in infections, the spread of the highly contagious strain of the Delta coronavirus, and the slow pace of COVID-19 vaccination.
Among the hot spots of the pandemic in Russia is St. Petersburg, where the quarterfinals of the European Football Championship will take place on Friday with thousands of spectators, including many fans from abroad.
President Vladimir Putin is expected to speak about the rising number of infections later Wednesday on live television, answering questions from the country’s population.
Authorities have been accused of failing to announce all deaths from COVID-19 and counting only cases where COVID-19 is confirmed to be the leading cause of death after autopsy.
Authorities reported around 652 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, a daily record through Wednesday. An even earlier record was set on December 24, when 635 people died from COVID-19 per day.
In recent weeks, the virus has spread rapidly in Moscow and St. Petersburg, so officials have lifted restrictions and are working to encourage a slow vaccination campaign.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has reported that cases of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, first detected in India, now account for nearly 90 percent of cases in the capital. Recently registered cases of COVID-19.
To prevent the spread of the infection, the mayor instructed companies to reduce the number of employees in offices by 30 percent. Restaurants can only serve patients who have been vaccinated or have had COVID-19 in the last six months at the facility.
Moscow also became the first Russian city to introduce mandatory vaccination. At least 60% of the capital is required to be vaccinated by mid-August. service workers.
In Russia as a whole, 21,042 cases of infection were detected on the last day and the total number of people infected since the start of the pandemic exceeded 5.5 million.
The total number of deaths from COVID-19 in Russia rose to 135,214 and is the highest in Europe.
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