COVID-19: President Putin Gets Vaccinated Behind Closed Doors

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has gotten a jab of the COVID-19 vaccine without the usual fanfare and publicity expected from someone of his status.

CNN reports that the Kremlin disclosed that Putin received the vaccine on Tuesday, March 23, more than three months after being qualified to do so.

Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for the Kremlin, said to CNN: "Putin was vaccinated against the coronavirus. He feels good. Tomorrow, he has a full working day."

Vladimir Putin

Neither images nor video clips of the vaccination were available and this doesn't come as a surprise given an announcement from the Kremlin earlier that it would not be a public event.

Peskov had said earlier on Tuesday that the reason Putin's vaccination was not recorded was that he (Putin) doesn't like being vaccinated on camera, adding: "You will have to take our word for it."

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The Kremlin spokesman was previously asked why the Russian leader didn't plan a public vaccination and he replied, "The President devotes a fairly significant part of his working time to events, talks, meetings related to vaccination, vaccine production, and so on, and so forth.

As for vaccination under the cameras, he has never been a supporter, he doesn't like it."

Peskov also stated that the type of vaccine would not also be revealed, but did say that it would one of the three Russian vaccines that have been approved; Sputnik V, EpiVacCorona or CoviVac.

"We deliberately do not say what kind of vaccine the president will take, all the while noting that all three Russian vaccines are absolutely reliable and effective", he said.