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Russia COVID vaccine draws mixed response – PerthNow
Among Russians, hope that the nation’s vaccine would reverse the course of the COVID-19 crisis has become mixed with wariness and scepticism.
While excitement and enthusiasm greeted the Western-developed coronavirus vaccine when it was rolled out, the Russian-made version has received a mixed response, with reports of empty Moscow clinics that offered the shot to health care workers and teachers – the first members of the public designated to receive it.
Kremlin officials and state-controlled media touted the Sputnik V vaccine as a major achievement after it was approved August 11.
But among Russians, hope that the shot would reverse…
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