Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday launched the country’s first coronavirus vaccine, touted as the first in the world too. Putin’s daughter received a shot of the vaccine.
The country has registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine early Tuesday, August 11, amid widespread concerns about the rapidly developed vaccine’s safety. Earlier, it was reported that Moscow would register its COVID-19 vaccine candidate on Wednesday, August 12.
This morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus was registered,” Putin said in a televised cabinet session broadcast, reported The Moscow Times. “I know that it’s effective and forms sustainable immunity,” he said.
Putin thanked everyone who worked on the first-ever vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, even as he called it as a 'very important step for the world'
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