Russia’s health minister announced on Saturday that more than 800,000 people had received the country’s coronavirus vaccine, with more than 1.5 million doses distributed.
Reuters reported that the TASS news agency quoted Mikhail Murashko as saying that from January 1, people who received the Sputnik V vaccine will receive an electronic verification certificate, the health ministry maintaining a database with all those vaccinated.
Russia has the fourth largest number of COVID-19 cases in the world, with nearly 3.2 million people infected and more than 57,000 deaths caused by the virus, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
However, Russian officials said Monday that the country the death toll is three times higher than initially reported, which means that the actual number of deaths in COVID-19 could be more than 186,000 people.
According to Reuters, the two doses of Sputnik V use different components and must be administered 21 days apart.
The Russian vaccine, which began launching in early December, was found by developers with a 91% efficacy rate in preventing COVID-19 after two doses.
However, the inoculation received skepticism from some health experts, as the Kremlin announced the registration of the vaccine before the completion of all clinical trials.
Despite this, the Russian vaccine has already been distributed in other countries.
Tuesday, Argentina and Belarus have launched their launches of the Sputnik V vaccine, with about 300,000 Argentines waiting to be vaccinated. The country of Latin America anticipates receiving 20 million doses in the next two months.
Venezuela has also signed a contract this week to purchase enough doses of Sputnik V vaccine to inoculate 10 million people, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said, according to Reuters. The country began administering doses in October as part of a clinical trial.
The Russian state media reported last week that the president Vladimir Putin
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Putin previously said that one of his daughters participated in a clinical trial for the Sputnik V vaccine in August.