Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, April 15, that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is tolerating the second component of the COVID-19 vaccine without side effects.
According to him, on the day of the vaccination before going to bed, the head of state “put a thermometer on his bedside table just in case.”
“Considering that he has a rather busy working day today, I dare say that his health is in order, as well as during (introduction – Ed.) Of the first component,” a Kremlin spokesman told reporters.
Dmitry Peskov clarified that at present, Putin has no side effects after the drug.
In addition, Peskov said that the vaccination of the Russian leader had a positive effect on this procedure among the population, Gazeta.ru emphasized.
Earlier that day, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation also said that work on the distribution of the vaccine against COVID-19 in Russia is proceeding satisfactorily. According to him, demand will continue to grow.
The day before, Putin said that after the second component of the coronavirus vaccine, he feels fine.
On April 14, the head of state announced that he had been injected with the second component of the COVID-19 vaccine. He expressed confidence that the pandemic would soon recede and encouraged everyone to follow his example.
The Russian leader was vaccinated with the first component of the vaccine on March 23. He later said that he had been vaccinated in his left arm, and after a few hours he felt a little discomfort at the injection site. He had no other side effects.
Currently, three vaccines against coronavirus have been registered in the Russian Federation: the world’s first drug “Sputnik V”, “EpiVacCorona” and “KoviVac”.
On April 10, 2021, the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Mikhail Murashko announced the development of another vaccine against COVID-19 in the country.
Large-scale vaccination against coronavirus infection in Russia started on January 18. Everyone is invited to get vaccinated free of charge.
All relevant information on the situation with the coronavirus is available on the websites of stopcoronavirus.rf and accessvsem.rf, as well as by the hashtag #WeVotte. Coronavirus hotline: 8 (800) 2000-112.