Putin affirms Russian population to be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccine over export

Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Vlimir Putin reiterated his priorities about vaccinating Russians against COVID-19 over exporting vaccine abro on Wednesday, October 21. During a board meeting with Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Putin is reported to have stated that while exporting potential COVID-19 vaccine was also important, it was still a ‘second question’ and that priority was to vaccinate Russians.

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Russia first

Russian President during his dress said, " main task today is to create production capacities to increase output. And se production capacities should be aimed at vaccinating citizens of Russia in first place. As for export work, this is an important task, but, of course, you can just sell it, but better decide how: let our partners create such production facilities in ir countries, and we will organize for m production of our vaccine re, at ir production facilities".

Last week, Russian authorities gave regulatory approval to a second potential COVID-19 vaccine after encouraging early test results. This anuncement was me just two months after Russia anunced its first potential COVID-19 vaccine that drew criticisms from scientific community.

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second COVID-19 vaccine was anunced by Russian President Vlimir Putin on Wednesday, October 14 during a televised meeting. This vaccine has been developed by Vector Institute in Siberia and is called EpiVacCorona and is reported to have been alrey tested on 100 volunteers in early-st placebo-controlled human trials, which lasted more than two months. While official results from early trials are yet to be published, scientists involved with study have stated that vaccine protects person from COVID-19 for up to six months.

COVID-19 pandemic which saw its first outbreak in a wet market in Wuhan, China last year has w spre all across world. virus, named COVID-19 by World Health Organisation, has infected over 40 million people worldwide with global death toll crossing 1,100,000. Russia has reported more than 1 million positive COVID-19 cases and a death toll of over 20,000.

(With ANI inputs, Im AP)

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