Putin Says Russia Became First Country To Register COVID-19 Vaccine

Putin Says Russia Became First Country to Register COVID-19 Vaccine

Russia has become the first country in the world to register a COVID-19 vaccine, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th August, 2020) Russia has become the first country in the world to register a COVID-19 vaccine, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.

"As far as I know, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection was registered this morning," the president said at a meeting with the government.

Healthcare Minister Mikhail Murashko confirmed that the Russian Microbiology Research Center Gamaleya's vaccine was registered.