Prognosis
Putin Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine Even as Trials Go On
- Russia plans to start mass inoculation as soon as October
- Putin says one of his own daughters already received the jab
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President Vladimir Putin said Russia cleared the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine for use and hopes to begin mass inoculation soon, even before clinical testing has finished.
“The first registration has taken place,” Putin said Tuesday at a televised government meeting, adding that one of his daughters has already been given the vaccine. “I hope that we can soon begin mass production.”