Putin was vaccinated with the second component of the coronavirus vaccine

Vladimir Putin gave the second shot of the coronavirus vaccine. The second component was administered to the President three weeks after the first injection.

What exactly Putin was vaccinated with is still unclear - 21-22 days passed between the introduction of the first and second components of the vaccine, which is suitable for vaccination with Sputnik V (strictly 21 days between vaccines) and EpiVacCoron (from 14 to 21 days ).

Vaccination of the Russian leader with the second component was again not a public event, like some politicians in other countries. The reasons for this were explained to journalists in March by a Kremlin spokesman: “As for vaccination under cameras, he (Putin) does not like it.” Putin himself said that he did not want to "monkey".

The Kremlin expressed the hope that the presidential vaccination would become an example for other Russians and accelerate the pace of the vaccination campaign. Today, Vedomosti wrote that the number of people wishing to be vaccinated in Moscow after the president was vaccinated has increased dramatically, especially in the first three days after his vaccination. The daily number of people vaccinated these days in the capital has quadrupled - from 8,000 to 30,000 people.

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Russia ranked last in terms of residents' confidence in its own COVID-19 vaccine among the eight largest developing countries. at least one dose , in the US and the UK about a third of them. in the country received In terms of vaccination rates, Russia is noticeably behind: according to Bloomberg, 4% of the population