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Vladimir Putin Revaccinated Against COVID-19

Russia’s Vladimir Putin stated that he had been vaccinated against COVID-19 with Sputnik Light. After the third shot, Putin stated that he was feeling ‘well’.

On Sunday, November 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that he had been re-vaccinated against COVID-19 with Sputnik Light, as the country struggles with a fresh wave of the virus.

After the third shot, the President stated that he was feeling ‘well’.

“I had it two hours ago,” Putin said on state television channel Rossiya 24, assuring viewers that his booster injection of the Sputnik vaccine had been painless.

In reply, Denis Logunov, the deputy head of the Gamaleya research institute stated that the effectiveness of the COVID vaccine diminishes six to eight months after the shot and recommended individuals to receive the booster dosage to maintain a high level of protection against the virus.

“Today, based on your recommendation and the recommendations of your colleagues, I got one more shot with Sputnik Light. This is called revaccination,” President Putin stated during a meeting with Logunov.”

Vladimir Putin Revaccinated Against COVID-19

The authorities are struggling to convince people to get vaccinated against Covid, even as a fresh wave of the virus is killing record numbers every day.

Even though Russia has several vaccines that it has manufactured itself, only 36.7 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, according to the Gogov website, which tracks the data.

On Friday, November 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin had urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to speed the approval of new COVID-19 vaccines. According to ANI, he added that access to dosages in impoverished nations is limited due to unjust compassion. “The WHO may hasten procedures for the prequalification of new vaccines and medications, that is, examining their quality, safety, and efficacy,” Putin said during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting. The Covid pandemic, which began in March 2020, has wreaked havoc on Russia, which is now dealing with a ferocious fourth wave of the virus.

Putin, who says he opposes universal mandatory vaccination, has nevertheless backed measures taken in some regions for certain categories of people.

Thus in June, the authorities in the capital Moscow said vaccination would be obligatory for anyone working in the service sector. Russia has to date officially recorded more than 9.3 cases of Covid and just over 264,000 deaths, which makes it the worst-hit country in Europe.

According to figures from the Rosstat statistics agency however, which works with a broader definition of Covid-linked deaths, the actual toll from the pandemic there was closer to 450,000 at the end of September.

 

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