Deputy Minister of Health of Belarus, Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the country Alexander Tarasenko spoke about the vaccination with the Russian drug against the coronavirus “Sputnik V” in the republic on the air of the ONT TV channel.
According to him, no serious complications have been recorded for those vaccinated with Sputnik V in Belarus at the moment. Yes, there were reactions – catarrhal, low-grade fever, weakness, but there were no manifestations in the form of serious complications, and this is actually the case, “he said.
Vaccination against coronavirus in Belarus with the Russian drug “Sputnik V” began in January 2021. The country’s Ministry of Health has purchased 100,000 doses of the drug in Russia, and it is distributed among citizens free of charge.
In December, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the republic would develop its own version of the coronavirus vaccine. According to him, the development of the drug will cost 5 million Belarusian rubles (about 144 million Russian rubles).