(HRNW)Russian authorities hope that President Vladimir Putin’s long-awaited decision to get his first dose of a Russian coronavirus vaccine will help boost the country’s inoculation rate, which has fallen short of initial targets.
“We’re counting on the pace of vaccination accelerating,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on a conference call, noting that production is expected to pick up in the coming weeks.
Putin got the injection Tuesday and feels good, Peskov said in a text message later. “He has a full work day tomorrow,” he added.
Peskov declined to say which of the three approved Russian shots Putin received. No pictures will be made available, he said. “As for getting vaccinated on camera, he’s never been a fan of that,” Peskov said on the conference call.
The president’s reluctance to get the shots after he announced the start of a mass vaccination campaign in December has mirrored the approach of many Russians, who remain wary of the Sputnik V inoculation that Putin hailed as the world’s first coronavirus vaccine cleared for use. Russia has since approved two more domestically developed vaccines.
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