Russia announces World's 'first' coronavirus vaccine
Russia has developed the "first" vaccine against the coronavirus, Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday during a video conference, assuring that it gave "lasting immunity".
Russia has developed the "first" vaccine against the coronavirus, Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday during a video conference, assuring that it gave "lasting immunity".
“This morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus was recorded,” said the Russian president, adding: “I know that it is quite effective, that it gives lasting immunity. "
Putin says daughter inoculated !
Vladimir Putin, who even claimed that one of his daughters had been inoculated with the vaccine. "She took part in the experiment," he said, claiming that she had had a little temperature, "and that's it".
This vaccine will be put into circulation on January 1, 2021, according to the National Medicines Register of the Ministry of Health, consulted by Russian news agencies.
"Many millions" of doses?
Russia had ensured in recent weeks the upcoming production of thousands of doses of vaccines against the new coronavirus and "several million" from the beginning of next year.
The country has been working for months, like many other countries in the world, on several projects for vaccines against Covid-19. The one developed by the Gamaleïa center is in collaboration with the Ministry of Defense.