Putin: one of my daughters was vaccinated against coronavirus

Health Minister Mikhail Murashko reported to Vladimir Putin today that Russia has become the first country in which a coronavirus vaccine has been registered. The President replied that one of his daughters had already received an experimental inoculation.

Putin said that he already knew that "this morning, a vaccine against a new coronavirus infection was registered, the first in the world." Murashko confirmed the information, saying that Russia was the first such country. He pointed out that foreign colleagues have only “developments”, and it was the state registration of the drug that took place in Russia.

Murashko said that Russia had made a "huge contribution to humanity's struggle" against the disease. The vaccine was developed by NITsEM them. N. F. Gamalei. According to Murashko, foreign countries are already showing interest in Russian medicine, and RDIF will be responsible for its export.

Putin said that one of his daughters had already "participated in the experiment" and had been vaccinated. “I know that the vaccine works effectively, forming stable antibody and cellular immunity. I know this very well, because one of my daughters had this vaccine. After the first injection, her temperature rose to 38 (degrees. - The Bell), the next day - up to 37 with a little. And that's all. Feels good. I know that some people have no manifestations at all, no temperature, nothing, as if nothing had happened, ”Putin said.

• The President did not specify which of his daughters he was talking about. The eldest daughter of the President is the curator of Russian genetics Maria Vorontsova, the youngest is the head of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at Moscow State University Katerina Tikhonova.

• Director of NICEM them. Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg said he did not know that the president's daughter was vaccinated against the coronavirus. “Probably, I was a volunteer, I didn’t look at my passports. In the face of all the volunteers I don’t know, it’s not for me. This is the first time I hear this from you,” Gunzburg told Interfax.

• Murashko said that mass vaccination is planned to begin in October. The Minister stressed that the vaccine will be provided to Russian residents free of charge. The first to receive the medicine will be representatives of professions at risk, including doctors and teachers. The fact that teachers should be the first to receive the vaccine, Murashko said at today's meeting.

• Bloomberg reported in April that members of the business and political elites had access to the vaccine as early as April. According to the publication, several hundred people took part in the vaccination, but they decided not to advertise it in order to avoid the hype. this message The authorities denied . When exactly his daughter got the vaccine, Putin did not specify.

• The day before, the Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) proposed to the Ministry of Health to postpone the state registration of the first coronavirus vaccine developed in Russia until the successful completion of the third phase of clinical trials. Experts believe that the "heroic" approach in modern medicine is unacceptable, that testing norms cannot be violated even in a crisis, and that the vaccine is not sufficiently tested: it "has not completed testing with even hundreds of people, not to mention the several thousand participants in the study accepted in phase III ". Meanwhile, it is supposed to be introduced to pensioners with concomitant diseases.
• Roszdravnadzor responded that the claims were based on ignorance of test results.