<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday he had experienced minor side effects from the coronavirus vaccine after receiving the first shot on Tuesday, the Interfax news agency reported, citing a TV interview.</p>.<p>"I woke up the next morning after the vaccination and it seemed to me I felt slight pain in muscles. I took a thermometer... my temperature was normal," he told the state Rossiya 1 TV channel.</p>.<p>He said he also had an uncomfortable feeling on the site of the injection.</p>.<p>Putin did not reveal which of three Russian vaccines he had taken, saying only the doctor who inoculated him knows that.</p>.<p>The Kremlin announced Putin's decision to get immunised against the coronavirus in December and the president said the delay was due to a need to combine it with other vaccines he planned to receive.</p>.<p>Putin said that all three Russian vaccines, the most well-known and widely-available of which is Sputnik V, were almost equal.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/russia-will-reach-covid-19-herd-immunity-by-end-of-summer-says-putin-967581.html" target="_blank">Russia will reach Covid-19 herd immunity by end of summer, says Putin</a></strong></p>.<p>Nearly two-thirds of Russians are not willing to receive the Sputnik V vaccine, according to independent pollster Levada Center, as of March 1, with most respondents citing side effects as the main reason.</p>.<p>Russia started its vaccination campaign against the coronavirus in December. Last Monday Putin said that 4.3 million out of 144 million Russians had so far got two shots of a vaccine.</p>.<p>Russia has registered over 4.5 million coronavirus infections to date.</p>.<p>Putin said he expected Russia to reach herd immunity and lift pandemic-related restrictions by the end of summer.</p>.<p>Herd immunity refers to a situation where enough people in a population have immunity to an infection to be able to effectively stop the disease from spreading.</p>.<p>With the new coronavirus outbreak, some scientists hope that herd immunity would kick in when between 50% and 70% of a population is immune.</p>
<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday he had experienced minor side effects from the coronavirus vaccine after receiving the first shot on Tuesday, the Interfax news agency reported, citing a TV interview.</p>.<p>"I woke up the next morning after the vaccination and it seemed to me I felt slight pain in muscles. I took a thermometer... my temperature was normal," he told the state Rossiya 1 TV channel.</p>.<p>He said he also had an uncomfortable feeling on the site of the injection.</p>.<p>Putin did not reveal which of three Russian vaccines he had taken, saying only the doctor who inoculated him knows that.</p>.<p>The Kremlin announced Putin's decision to get immunised against the coronavirus in December and the president said the delay was due to a need to combine it with other vaccines he planned to receive.</p>.<p>Putin said that all three Russian vaccines, the most well-known and widely-available of which is Sputnik V, were almost equal.</p>.<p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/russia-will-reach-covid-19-herd-immunity-by-end-of-summer-says-putin-967581.html" target="_blank">Russia will reach Covid-19 herd immunity by end of summer, says Putin</a></strong></p>.<p>Nearly two-thirds of Russians are not willing to receive the Sputnik V vaccine, according to independent pollster Levada Center, as of March 1, with most respondents citing side effects as the main reason.</p>.<p>Russia started its vaccination campaign against the coronavirus in December. Last Monday Putin said that 4.3 million out of 144 million Russians had so far got two shots of a vaccine.</p>.<p>Russia has registered over 4.5 million coronavirus infections to date.</p>.<p>Putin said he expected Russia to reach herd immunity and lift pandemic-related restrictions by the end of summer.</p>.<p>Herd immunity refers to a situation where enough people in a population have immunity to an infection to be able to effectively stop the disease from spreading.</p>.<p>With the new coronavirus outbreak, some scientists hope that herd immunity would kick in when between 50% and 70% of a population is immune.</p>