MOSCOW (RUSSIA) – President Vladimir Putin getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and that he would get the second of a two-shot vaccine in around three weeks has been cited as a positive move that the country is making towards COVID-19 vaccination.
Putin had the first shot on Tuesday, but deliberately declined to name which of Russia’s three vaccines he received, the Kremlin said. It released no photographs or video footage of him getting the shot.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also said that Russia’s vaccine production had not been enough to satisfy demand in Russia’s regions at the start of the year, but that production had since been ramped up.