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Russian President Vladimir Putin has not yet been vaccinated with the new Russian anti-COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik-V, developed by the Gamaleia Center in Moscow, although he praised the product. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained that the vaccine is still being tested, Agerpres reports.
“The head of state cannot participate in the vaccination as a volunteer,” Peskov said.
Russia was the first country to register a COVID-19 vaccine for mass use The Sputnik V vaccine is currently undergoing advanced testing conducted on 400,000 volunteers.
“The president cannot use an uncertified vaccine,” Peskov said, adding that the trial period would end soon and Putin could then decide whether to use the vaccine.
Recently, Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to supply the Sputnik V vaccine to other states.
In August, the Kremlin leader, who is very secretive about his family, announced at the time that one of his daughters had already been vaccinated in the first clinical trials and that he felt “fine” to emphasize the safety of the vaccine.
The Sputnik V vaccine is named after the first artificial satellite placed in orbit, Sputnik-1, a triumph for the Soviet Union in the space race with rival United States superpower in the late 1950s.
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