Vladimir Putin offers you Russia's new coronavirus vaccine, for free?United Nations staff in New York and around the world are now facing that choice, after the Russian president offered on Tuesday to provide them the Sputnik-V vaccine in a speech to this year's General Assembly marking the body's 75th birthday.Only results from small early studies on Russian vaccine have been published, raising concerns among some scientists that the vaccine isn't ready yet for widespread use -- and prompting worldwide memes about potential bizarre side effects.“Any one of us could face this dangerous virus.
The virus has not spared the staff of the United Nations, its headquarters and regional entities," Putin said in a prerecorded speech from Moscow.The.