Putin orders Russia to begin large-scale COVID-19 vaccinations next week
Source: Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin ordered a large-scale voluntary vaccination programme against COVID-19 to begin next week across Russia, saying teachers and doctors should be first in line to get the countrys flagship Sputnik V vaccine.
Putin gave the order during an online meeting with ministers on Wednesday, a day when Russia, which has the fourth highest number of recorded infections in the world, registered 589 new daily deaths from the coronavirus.
Putin said Russia will have produced 2 million vaccine doses within the next few days.
Sputnik V, one of two Russian-made vaccines to have received domestic regulatory approval so far despite clinical trials being incomplete, requires two injections. A third vaccine is in also in the works.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-putin-idUSKBN28C21E
Russia said last month that the Sputnik jab was 92% effective at protecting people from COVID-19 according to interim results.
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