I refused to say that my daughter was also right… Russian vaccine clarifies Putin’s absurdity

Russian President Vladimir Putin, 69, has announced that he will not be vaccinated publicly with Russia’s own Sputnik V Corona 19 vaccine. “I don’t want to be a monkey-like sight in front of the camera,” he said.

He also said that he would not rush to get the Sputnik V vaccine, and that he would be in late summer or early autumn this year. Russia has been vaccinating the public with the Sputnik V vaccine since December last year. Those over 60 are also eligible for vaccination.

According to Russian media Comersant and British Daily Mail on the 12th (local time), President Putin spoke with video editors of Russian media on the 10th. He was asked, “When will I get the Sputnik V vaccine?”

President Putin said, “Because I was vaccinated against the flu, I can’t get another vaccine,” said President Putin. In the meantime, he announced a plan to “became inoculated in late summer or early autumn, which is the second half of 2021, when foreign activities, including overseas visits, begin.”

The Daily Mail pointed out that President Putin’s timing of vaccination was months after the Russian authorities allowed Sputnik V vaccination to be given even to people over 60.

Moreover, Sputnik V vaccine has started to attract the attention of advanced Western countries as the results of the phase 3 of which the efficacy is 91.6% (effectiveness over 60 years old, 91.8%) were published in the journal’Lancet’. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Maria Zakarova expressed confidence, saying, “The world is in line to buy the Sputnik V vaccine.” The Korean government also announced that it is considering introducing the Sputnik V vaccine. It was evaluated as a reversal of the ridiculed Russian vaccine.

But President Putin has not been right for months after he said that “my daughter has also been vaccinated.” When the Sputnik V vaccine was approved in August of last year before the results of phase 3 came out, he tried to dispel concerns, saying, “I also vaccinated my daughter.” However, he did not get vaccinated, which raised doubts.

A spokesman for the Kremlin Palace, who received relevant questions from reporters on the day the results of Sputnik V’s phase 3 came out in November of last year, said, “The president cannot use a vaccine that is not’certified’,” there was controversy. This is because I expressed that the vaccine was not’certified’ until approval for use.

President Putin’s actions are different from other leaders in other countries who rolled their arms in front of the camera to encourage the people to get the corona19 vaccine. At least 10 leaders, including US President Joe Biden (79), Benjamin Netanyahu (72), Israeli Prime Minister, and Lee Shenlong (69), Singaporean Prime Minister, took the lead and were openly vaccinated. But President Putin said he would not do public vaccinations because he didn’t want to be a spectacle for people like zoo monkeys.

President Putin, who has not yet received the Sputnik V vaccine, is currently working in isolation from the Corona 19 virus, a foreign press reported. For an outsider to meet him, he must go through a two-week quarantine period. Also, to visit the Kremlin and his official residence on the outskirts of Moscow, you have to go through a sterilization tunnel where disinfectants come from the ceiling and walls.

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