Russia claims to have developed the first "effective" vaccine against the coronavirus, as the world fears a second wave after crossing the threshold of 20 million cases of contamination.
“This morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus was recorded,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, adding: “I know that it is quite effective, that it gives lasting immunity. ".
The president even said that one of his daughters had been inoculated with the vaccine, named “Sputnik V” (V for vaccine, editor's note), in reference to the Soviet satellite, the first spacecraft put into orbit.
