China News Agency, Moscow, November 21 (Zhang Meng Tianbing) Russian President Vladimir Putin received a single dose of the Russian-made new crown vaccine "Satellite-LIGHT" on the 21st, and said that he felt good after the vaccination.
According to news from the Russian President’s website on the 21st, Putin said that he had been vaccinated with a single dose of the new crown vaccine "Satellite-LIGHT" when he met with the deputy director of the Russian National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology Logunov on the same day.
"Today, at the suggestion of you and your colleagues, I received another shot of the new crown vaccine'Satellite-LIGHT'. This can already be called a re-vaccination."
Putin said that two hours after the vaccination, he felt that everything was normal.
Putin received the first dose of the new coronavirus vaccine developed and produced in Russia on March 23, and the second dose on April 14.
According to RIA Novosti news agency, during the meeting, Putin expressed his hope to participate in the test of the instilled new crown vaccine in the nasal cavity as a volunteer and promised to sign the consent form on the same day.
Putin asked Logunov to tell the Russian people the necessity of vaccination and vaccination booster.
He emphasized that the "Satellite V" vaccine developed by Russia has shown high safety and effectiveness.
He also pointed out that Russia is the first country in the world to register a new crown vaccine.
The "Satellite-LIGHT" new crown vaccine was developed by the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology in Gamaleya, Russia. Compared with the "Satellite V", the "Satellite-LIGHT" vaccine can produce antibodies in a shorter time with one injection.
Russian experts recommend that people who have been vaccinated six months ago or have been infected with the new crown virus can get the vaccine.
At the same time, such people can also use "Satellite V" for re-vaccination.
Russia has currently registered five new coronavirus vaccines: the "Satellite V" and "Satellite-LIGHT" vaccines developed by the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of Gamallea, and developed by the "Vector" National Science Center for Virology and Biotechnology The "EpiVacCorona" and "EpiVacCorona-N" vaccines, as well as the "Kovivac" vaccine developed by the Chumakov Federal Research and Development Center for Immunization and Biological Products.
Against the background of the severe epidemic situation, the Russian authorities urged the people of their country to actively vaccinate.
The latest data from the Russian Epidemic Prevention Command showed that in the past 24 hours, there were 36,970 new confirmed cases of new crown in Russia, with a total of 9,331,158 confirmed cases; 1252 new deaths and a total of 2,64095 deaths; 32,504 new cases of recovery and a total of 8024930 cases of recovery.
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