Moscow rolls out Sputnik V Cocid-19 vaccine to most exposed groups

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President Vladimir Putin has ordered a nationwide voluntary vaccination programme to begin next week.

The Russian-made vaccine will first be made available to doctors and other medical workers, teachers and social workers because they run the highest risk of exposure to the disease.

He said Russia will have produced 2 million vaccine doses within the next few days.The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund , Kirill Dmitriev, said in an interview with the BBC on Friday that Russia expects to give the vaccine to about 2 million people this month. Russia has already vaccinated more than 100,000 high-risk people, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said earlier this week during a separate presentation to the United Nations about Sputnik V.

 

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It is very clear that Putin and his government ministers are not taking the so called vaccine

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