Russian President Vladimir Putin announced last night that Russia has registered the world’s first vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, a development which, if it lives up to the publicity, will be hailed by the world and certainly by the travel industry.
Putin said the vaccine is effective in forming immunity against the deadly disease.
RT.com, a major Russian news source, quoted Putin yesterday as saying: “As far as I know, a vaccine against the coronavirus infection has been registered this morning (in Russia) for the first time in the world,
“I thank everyone who worked on the vaccine – it’s a very important moment for the whole world.”
Putin revealed that one of his daughters has already been immunised with the new vaccine.
“I know that it works rather effectively, forms a stable immunity, and, I repeat, it passed all the necessary inspections,” Putin added.
Russian medical workers and teachers will receive the vaccine first. Putin conceded it could be January before the vaccine enters general circulation.
The vaccine was developed by the Gamelei Research Centre in Moscow.
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