Vladimir Putin vaccinated: Russian president shot over Covid-19 behind closed doors

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN: “Putin has been vaccinated against coronavirus (he is feeling well). He has a full working day tomorrow.”

No videos or images of the vaccination process were immediately made available. Earlier, the Kremlin said it would not be a public event, unusual for a Russian leader who frequently poses for cameras – sometimes without a shirt.

Earlier on Tuesday, Peskov said the reason the vaccination was not recorded was because Putin “does not like” being vaccinated with the camera, before adding “you will have to take our word for it.”

Asked why the Russian leader does not intend to show his vaccination process for publicity, Peskov said Putin is doing a lot to promote vaccination, adding: “The president dedicates a significant part of his working time to events, discussions, meetings. of vaccination, vaccine production and so on and so forth.

“In terms of in-room vaccination, he has never been a supporter [of it]”He doesn’t like it,” Peskov said.

A Kremlin spokesman also said the type of vaccine used would not be revealed, but said it would be one of three Russian vaccines approved: Sputnik V, EpiVacCorona or CoviVac.

“We are not deliberately saying what kind of vaccine the president will get, however, noting that all three Russian vaccines are absolutely reliable and effective,” Peskov said.

On Tuesday, social media sites were full of mockery that the Russian leader may not have the vaccine at all, with jokes about the strong Kremlin man scared of needles or even eager to hide a new tattoo.

However, behind the mockery, there is an exasperation among officials that Russia’s most prominent figure – and many Russians seeking guidance – at first seemed reluctant to receive a blow, despite qualifying for the vaccination at the end of the month. December.

Now it seems that Putin could have played a golden opportunity to encourage the hesitant Russians to inoculate themselves.

A recent opinion poll conducted by the Levada Center – an independent, non-governmental research and sociological research organization – suggests that only about 30% of the country’s population is in favor of vaccination.

Such high rates of vaccine hesitation have been linked to a historical mistrust of Russians about their medical premises.

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is expanding its coverage to Latin America

There are also great suspicions in the country about the effectiveness of the three homemade vaccines, one of which – Sputnik V – has been developed at breakneck speed.

In August, Sputnik V became the first Covid-19 vaccine approved anywhere in the world.

However, that race to win the global vaccine race has raised concerns that corners have been cut in its development, despite the results of peer-reviewed studies that have now shown that Sputnik V is safe and effective.
In February, the vaccine was found to be 91.6% effective against symptomatic Covid-19 and 100% effective against severe and moderate disease, in an interim analysis of the results of the phase 3 study of the vaccine published in The Lancet.

However, the number of Russians inoculated so far remains surprisingly low: less than 7 million have had at least one stroke out of a population close to 146 million, according to the latest official figures.

However, this is not the case in Latin America, where Sputnik V has been growing in popularity throughout the region, as more countries announce deliveries and agreements to purchase the Covid-19 vaccine.

So far at least nine Latin American countries have approved the use of the Sputnik V vaccine – Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Venezuela – and vaccine distribution has begun in Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Venezuela.

Globally, the vaccine has been approved in at least 56 countries, including European Union countries such as Hungary and Slovakia, under the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which has funded the production of the vaccine and is responsible for its sale. globally.

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