Putin Felt Minor Side Effects From COVID-19 Vaccine: Ifax

Putin Felt Minor Side Effects From COVID-19 Vaccine: Ifax
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in Moscow, Russia, on March 24, 2021. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via Reuters
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MOSCOW—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.

“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.