Moscow: Leading Russian Daily The Moscow Times reports that “Russia has registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine early Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin announced amid widespread concerns about the rapidly developed vaccine’s safety. “
Announcing the registration of Covid Vaccine “Sputnik V” on television Mr Putin said today “this morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus was registered” and added that “One of my daughters had this vaccine. I think in this sense she took part in the experiment.”
According to the new paper the vaccine’s registration certificate on the Health Ministry website notes that the vaccine, an injection solution called “Sputnik-V,” will enter civilian circulation on Jan. 1, 2021.
Russia confirmed 4,945 new coronavirus infections Tuesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 897,599.
