COVID-19 vaccine: Russia begins inoculating volunteers with 'Sputnik V'

On September 8, Russia began ministering potential experimental vaccine Sputnik V to volunteers in Moscow, capital's deputy mayor said in state-run media reports. first set of participants have alrey h vaccination at clinics in capital, Deputy Mayor Anastasia Rakova, responsible for social development, said in a statement. Russia received approvals to conduct large-scale clinical trials to minister shot to civilians. first batch of Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V) vaccine has qualified safety and quality tests and was released into civil circulation, Health Ministry said in a statement. 

According to state-run ncies, high-profile Russians have alrey been vaccinated, including President Vlimir Putin’s daughter, nationalist politician Vlimir Zhirivsky and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Russian Sputnik V preparation was developed by Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Russian Healthcare Ministry and has been produced jointly with RDIF. At least 40,000 folks from capital were asked to minister Sputnik V shots in two doses with a 21-day interval, Russian health ministry website wrote.

Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on September 8 that president would “inform about it himself” if he would like to be vaccinated, state media reports confirmed. 

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35,000 Muscovites given doss

According to Health Ministry site, volunteers were participating in a “post-registration study” of vaccine. It mentioned that participants were expected t to have been diagsed with COVID-19, latest contact with a person who tested positive and must t have antibodies due to initial undetected recovery form coronavirus. With respect to women, Russia's health ministry emphasized that those volunteering should t be pregnant or attempting for a child.

More than 35,000 Muscovites have alrey been ministered dos according to Moscow metropolis’s web site, which also mentions that volunteers would be health monitored using an app. In a separate statement, cited by state reports, Peskov mentioned that Russia's high-risk teams, such as medics and lecturers, will also obtain coronavirus vaccine with due voluntary approvals and also will be monitored.

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