President Putin's Daughter Injected With World's First COVID-19 Vaccine

Harin - Aug 11, 2020

During his speech, Putin announced the registering of the vaccine, confirming the efficiency of the vaccine in building immunity against the coronavirus.

Moscow Times reported that Russia had already registered for the world’s first COVID-19.

One week ago, state research facility Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology announced that it was conducting the vaccine’s final human trials on thousands of volunteers. The country’s Health Department stated that the vaccine would be mass-produced the following month. And by October, the vaccine would be ready for the public.

Putin announced this news during his speech, confirming the efficiency of the vaccine in building immunity against the coronavirus.

The announcement came when many experts have been worrying about the safety of the vaccine. However, the Russian president said that the vaccine had gone through all the necessary testing.

He also revealed that his daughter whose specific identity hasn’t been confirmed has become one of the few people vaccinated with the new vaccine.

The Russian president also expressed his gratefulness to all those who made the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine, emphasizing that this was an important step for the world.

The vaccine was developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute in cooperation with the Russian Defense Ministry. Originally, the vaccine was scheduled to be registered on august 12.

This is a vector vaccine that uses another weaker virus carrying the DNA codes needed to trigger a response from the immune system. The virus used in this vaccine is adenovirus, the strain causing the common cold.

President Putin also mentioned that the government was assigned to the task of securing funds for the prevention of influenza and COVID-19 after the vaccine had been registered. At least 60% of Russians must be vaccinated, he said.

As per Health Miniter Mikhail Murashko, people of “high-risk” groups like medical workers and senior citizens will be vaccinated in August.

Covid Vaccine Trial Russia — The results showed that all volunteers developed immunity against the coronavirus.

In a previous report on the clinal trials of the vaccine, the results showed that all volunteers developed immunity against the coronavirus. The trial started on June 18 with 38 people. The first group was dismissed on July 15 and the second group was on July 20.