President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowess
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Vladimir Soldatkin
Russian health workers treating COVID-19 patients will be offered the chance of volunteering to be vaccinated in the coming weeks, a source told Reuters last month. Speaking at a government meeting on state television, Putin dismissed those concerns, saying the vaccine, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, was safe and that it had even been administered to one of his daughters."I know that it works quite effectively, forms strong immunity, and I repeat, it has passed all the needed checks," said Putin.
In a letter to the ministry, it said there were high risks associated with registering a drug before that happened.
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