Federation Council speaker Valentina Matvienko suggested when collective immunity to coronavirus will form in Russia.

“I think those experts are right who argue that in case of mass vaccination, most of the restrictions will be lifted by the fall and we will return to normal life,” Matvienko emphasized.

According to her, in order to “finally defeat the coronavirus,” a mass vaccination must be carried out in Russia.

As noted by Matvienko, "apart from rare medical restrictions, there is no longer any reason not to be vaccinated."

According to the headquarters, 8,861 cases of coronavirus have been detected in Russia over the past 24 hours.

During this time, 10 355 people have fully recovered, 401 have died.

In total, 4,483,471 cases of COVID-19 have been identified in the country since the start of the pandemic.

4,098,400 people recovered, 96,219 died.

According to the headquarters, 288,852 cases of coronavirus remain active in the Russian Federation.

According to Rospotrebnadzor, over the entire observation period, over 118.1 million laboratory tests for COVID-19 were performed, including 265 thousand in the last day.

484 760 people remain under medical supervision.

Putin was vaccinated against coronavirus

On the evening of Tuesday, March 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin was vaccinated against coronavirus infection.

According to the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov, Putin "feels good."

Later, Peskov also said that we are talking about a two-component drug.

According to him, the head of state will repeat the procedure in about three weeks.

A Kremlin spokesman also did not disclose what specific vaccine the President of the Russian Federation had received.

"All three Russian vaccines are absolutely reliable, absolutely effective and absolutely safe ... And what kind of vaccine the president chose, he and his doctor know," Peskov said.

Recall that in Russia there are three registered vaccines "Sputnik V" (National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Honorary Academician N.F. Gamaleya), "EpiVacCorona" (State Scientific Center of Virology and Biotechnology "Vector") and Chumakov Center for Research and Development of Immunobiological Preparations of the Russian Academy of Sciences).

Sputnik V in the world

According to a survey by the British company YouGov, Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is the most recognizable.

At the same time, Russia enjoys the most credibility as a vaccine manufacturer.

According to the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the study was conducted in nine countries, more than 9.4 thousand respondents were interviewed.

According to the poll results, 54% of its participants named Russia the most trusted state - the vaccine manufacturer.

In this respect, the Russian Federation is ahead of the United States and Great Britain.

Sputnik V, the world's first registered vaccine against coronavirus, is the most recognizable vaccine - seven out of ten respondents (74%) are aware of the Russian vaccine, ”the RDIF said.

Markets Insider: Russia is the most trusted vaccine producer alongside the US, with Sputnik V being the most recognizable vaccine, a YouGov poll shows.


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It is noted that Sputnik V is the second most preferred vaccine after Pfizer / BioNTech.

In addition, at the request of Sputnik radio, a survey was held on the preferences of French residents in the issue of vaccines.

The study revealed that 26% of respondents would like to be vaccinated with the Russian drug "Sputnik V".

As noted, the survey was conducted on March 17-18, 1009 French people aged 18 and older took part in it.

It also became known that in France, 11% of citizens have already been vaccinated against coronavirus, and 45% are planning to be vaccinated.

Along with this, the study revealed that among those who have already been vaccinated against COVID-19, 41% are loyal to the Russian Sputnik V vaccine.

Meanwhile, the European Commission stated that they cannot yet achieve the goal of ensuring timely access to vaccines against coronavirus for citizens of the European Union.

The EC believes that in order to fulfill this task, it is necessary to make changes to the current distribution mechanism.

It is also reported that reciprocity and proportionality are needed to ensure timely access to vaccines.