"As far as I know, for the first time in the world a vaccine against the coronavirus infection was registered this morning. I know that it works rather effectively, forms a sustainable immunity. It passed all the necessary inspections," Putin said.

He added that one of his daughters had already been inoculated.

Putin also asked Health Minister Mikhail Murashko to keep him informed about the vaccine.

According to Worldometer, which is a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics, the global death toll from coronavirus has surpassed 739,512 with 20,275,611 cases and more than 13,201,357 recoveries.

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