More than Half of Russians Don't Want to Get a Domestic Vaccine! Person-in-Charge of Polling Agency : They are Afraid

According to Russian media reports, a recent poll conducted by the Russian state-owned polling agency WCIOM showed that most Russians do not want to be vaccinated against the domestic new coronavirus. The survey results show that only 42% Of Russians hope to receive the domestically produced 'Sputnik-V' vaccine registered last week.

On August 11, the Russian Minister of Health stated that the first registered new coronavirus vaccine was named 'Sputnik V', and pointed out that vaccination with the new coronavirus vaccine can make people develop long-term immunity, which can last for both. year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin also revealed that the country has registered the world's first new coronavirus virus vaccine, and his daughter has already been vaccinated first.

Subsequently, the process of vaccine development in Russia was criticized by some Western countries, who claimed that the speed of vaccine development was too fast and that the vaccine has not been proven to be safe.

When asked if they are ready to receive the 'Sputnik-V' vaccine, 42% of Russian respondents said they were willing and 52% said they were not.

Valery Fedorov, head of the polling agency WCIOM, said, 'This is an interesting phenomenon that we have learned about today's society. We want to ensure that everyone will not be infected, but most people do not plan to be vaccinated. . Why? They are afraid and don’t believe (this vaccine).'

According to Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, this vaccine has attracted the interest of many people abroad. Dmitriev revealed that on August 11, the day the vaccine was registered, 20 countries from Latin America, the Middle East and Asia required a total of 1 billion doses of the 'Sputnik-V' vaccine.