Russia registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V in August 2020. File photo: Reuters
Russia registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V in August 2020. File photo: Reuters

Russians reject Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine despite Vladimir Putin’s pleas

  • The president urged Russians to cast their doubts aside and get jabbed, saying the country’s shots were ‘the most reliable and safest’ in the world
  • Much of the mistrust stems from people’s belief that the development of the vaccine was rushed to boost the Kremlin’s foreign policy credentials

Russia registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V in August 2020. File photo: Reuters
Russia registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V in August 2020. File photo: Reuters
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