Russian Central Bank president reveals she received COVID-19 shot
Elvira Nabiullina said that she had the vaccine back in December
MOSCOW, March 12. /TASS/. President of the Russian Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina has been vaccinated against the coronavirus, she told in an interview with Izvestia Friday.
"I had the vaccine back in December. Everything’s great, so you should think about it too," she noted.
On August 11, 2020, Russia became the first country in the world to register a coronavirus vaccine, the jab was named Sputnik V and was developed by the Gamaleya Center. Sputnik V is based on a human adenoviral vector-based platform. The jab has now been authorized in many countries around the world.
According to the latest statistics, more than 118 million people have been infected worldwide and more than 2,600,000 deaths have been reported. To date, 4,360,823 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Russia, with 3,959,533 patients having recovered from the disease. Russia’s latest data indicates 90,734 fatalities nationwide. The Russian government set up an Internet hotline to keep the public updated on the coronavirus situation.