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Photos: Russia rolls out Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine
On December 5, Russia began rolling out the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine via 70 clinics in Moscow. The vaccine was first made available to frontline coronavirus workers in Moscow. Moscow had closed down all public places including parks and cafes, with a delivery exception, in late March, due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, restrictions were eased from mid-June. Russia reported 28,782 new infections on December 5, its highest daily count, pushing the national total to 2,431,731, the fourth-highest in the world. Russia has developed two Covid-19 vaccines -- Sputnik V and another developed by Siberia's Vector Institute, with final trials for the both yet to be completed. The Sputnik V vaccine is administered in two injections, with the second dose is expected to be given 21 days after the first.
Updated on: Dec 7, 2020 11:27 AM IST
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A health worker draws the Gam-COVID-Vac, also known as Sputnik V, Covid-19 vaccine from a vial, at the City Clinic #68 in Moscow, Russia on December 5. Moscow began distributing the Sputnik V shot via 70 clinics on December 5 to the most exposed groups, marking Russia’s first large-scale vaccination against the disease, Reuters reported citing Moscow’s coronavirus task force. (Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg)
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A vial containing the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine at the City Clinic #68 in Moscow, Russia on December 5. Sputnik V will first be made available to doctors and other medical workers, teachers and social workers, who run the highest risk of exposure to the disease. (Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin participates in the opening of multi-purpose medical centres of the Russian Defence Ministry via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on December 2. Putin has ordered a nationwide voluntary vaccination programme to begin next week. He said Russia will have produced 2 million vaccine doses within the next few days, Reuters reported. (Alexey Nikolsky / AFP)
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A digital screen displaying Covid-19 prevention strategies is reflected on a glass wall in Moscow on December 3. Moscow, a city of around 13 million people, has been the epicentre of Russia’s coronavirus outbreak. It reported 7,993 new cases on December 5, up from 6,868 the day before and well above the daily tallies of around 700 seen in early September, Reuters reported. (Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)
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Medical workers tend to a man, suspected of having coronavirus, at the hospital for coronavirus patients in Kommunarka outside Moscow on December 5. The age for those receiving shots is capped at 60. People with certain underlying health conditions, pregnant women and those who have had a respiratory illness for the past two weeks are barred from vaccination. (Pavel Golovkin / AP)
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Information leaflets for the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine are seen at the City Clinic #68 in Moscow, Russia on December 5. Russia has developed two Covid-19 vaccines -- Sputnik V which is backed by the Russian Direct Investment Fund and another developed by Siberia’s Vector Institute, with final trials for the both yet to be completed, Reuters reported. (Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg)
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A nurse vaccinates a woman with Sputnik V at a clinic in Moscow on December 5. Among the first people signing up Sputnik V roll-out, Nadezhda Ragulina, an administrator at a Moscow clinic, told Reuters she wanted the vaccine as she had witnessed many Covid-19 patients. (Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP)
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