Russia registered the first Covid-19 vaccine. Now it's struggling to vaccinate its population.
The Kremlin said in a statement on Friday that that there were shortages in some areas, such was the level of"growing demand." But many just don’t trust Russian-made shots.Samyr Oynushev, a musician from Moscow, has no plans to get the vaccination, though he believes Covid vaccines are necessary.“I think that [low vaccination rates] are primarily the fault of the government, that people don't trust them so much.
“Russians know German cars are better than Russia’s cars and they have a problem believing that a Russian vaccine is better,” he said. The national coronavirus task force said Saturday that 619 people died over the past day, the most since Dec. 24. Russia also reported its highest daily Covid-19 death toll of the year, with 21,665 cases.
“It inevitably needs to be done,” Andreeva, 63, said. “I think that many people are afraid to get vaccinated, because all this was done very quickly.”
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