Nicholas Maduro
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was vaccinated with the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. On Saturday, March 6, he wrote about this on his Twitter.
“We Celia Flores (spouse – comment” Lenta.ru “.) Received the first dose of” Sputnik V “», – he said. It is specified that most of the medical personnel in the country have also been vaccinated with this vaccine.
In February, the President of Venezuela called the Russian coronavirus vaccine the safest in the world, as the drug shows a high level of body protection. Later, on February 17, Maduro promised to be vaccinated with Sputnik V along with his wife.
At the moment, there are several vaccines against coronavirus infection in the world. Two drugs are registered in Russia: Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona. On December 5, Sputnik V vaccination started in Moscow. The US also began inoculating the population with drugs from Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna. Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines have been approved in the UK. On February 18, vaccination with the Russian vaccine began in Venezuela.
