Putin touts Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine as effective and safe

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The Russian president praised a coronavirus vaccine that Russia approved for use earlier this month as effective and safe.

He said one of his daughters has already been vaccinated, developed antibodies, and is feeling well, but Russian authorities offered no scientific evidence to prove these claims.

The Russian vaccine named Sputnik-V — a reference to the Soviet Union’s launch of the world’s first satellite in 1957 — has so far been tested on two groups of 38 volunteers each, according to Russia’s Health Ministry. It remains unclear whether the vaccination of risk groups such as doctors and teachers, which was announced earlier, will be part of the trials or carried out in parallel.Earlier this year Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova promised to start “industrial production” of the vaccine in September and Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said mass vaccinations may begin in October.

Becoming the first country in the world to approve a vaccine is a matter of national prestige for the Kremlin as it tries to assert the image of Russia as a global power. Several vaccines, including those developed by Oxford and the U.S. National Institutes of Health, are in advanced testing and hope to have results later this year.

 

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