Following the announcement of the world's first Covid-19 vaccine on August 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that one of his daughters had been inoculated with it, reports Sputnik news.
In an interview with the Rossiya 24 news channel, Putin revealed that one of his daughters, who was vaccinated against Covid-19 earlier this month, has developed antibodies against the virus.
"It is quite obvious today for our specialists that this vaccine forms a stable immunity, induces antibodies, just like my daughter did, and it [the vaccine] is harmless, thank God, my daughter is feeling well," Putin said.
But Russian authorities offered no scientific evidence to prove these claims.
The president added that on the first day after taking the vaccine, his daughter’s temperature rose to 38.4°C, and on the second day, it was slightly "over 37°C."
"And after the second vaccination, 21 days later, there was also a slight rise in temperature, but everything is fine," he added.
He also revealed that a second Russian vaccine against Covid-19 will be ready in September.
On August 11, the Russian government officially registered “Sputnik V” as the world's first vaccine against Covid-19.
Although the vaccine is still going through the third — and last — phase of clinical trials, as per the protocols of the World Health Organization (WHO), Russian health officials have said it has proven that it has the capability to produce stable immunity against the coronavirus.
On Tuesday, the Gamaleya Research Centre, which developed the vaccine jointly with the Russian Defence Ministry, received permission to conduct post-registration clinical trials of the coronavirus drug.
Despite the fact that the Russian Ministry of Health stressed that “Sputnik V” had undergone all the necessary checks and had been proven to be capable of building immunity against the virus, Western countries and mainstream media rushed to claim that the vaccine was unsafe and ineffective.
