Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared satisfied with the experimental intranasal vaccine against Covid-19 that he tried. The vaccine is not yet in clinical trials. This is Putin’s fourth vaccination in a row, he announced on Wednesday.
Putin also received a boost of the Russian Sputnik Light vaccine on Sunday, six months after the second dose of Sputnik V. After receiving the booster vaccine, Putin volunteered to take part in a test of the intranasal vaccine being developed by the National Research Institute Gamaleya Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, the maker of Sputnik V and the subsequent single dose of Sputnik Light, said in a televised meeting with members of the government.
After the intranasal vaccination, Putin said he “did not feel anything.” “Today, after these two procedures, I already went for exercise in the morning. “So I can testify that everything is evolving as our scientists say,” he told the ministers.
No side effects have been reported after using the intranasal coronavirus vaccine, Alexander Ginsburg, director of Gamaleya, the maker of the vaccine, told TASS on Thursday. “So far, we have not seen any side effects after using the intranasal vaccine. Its effectiveness has not yet been verified, “he said.
When asked if this vaccine could be harmful to those suffering from allergies, he said, “Like any other medicine – only in the aggravation stage. Otherwise, you can use it – there are no contraindications.
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