Putin, Once a Holdout, Says He’ll Take Covid Vaccine Tuesday
- Russian president doesn’t say which inoculation he will get
- Leader speaks at meeting with officials on boosting production
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said he plans to get vaccinated on Tuesday against Covid-19, more than three months after Russia started mass inoculations to protect the population from the pandemic.
“Today we can say with confidence, and experience indisputably confirms this, that Russian vaccines are absolutely reliable and safe,” Putin said Monday at a televised video-conference with officials and executives on boosting inoculation production. “Moreover, no other similar foreign medications demonstrate such a high degree of protection.”