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Russia's Cosmonauts To Receive Sputnik V Vaccination

Various organizations announced the Russian cosmonauts will soon be vaccinated with the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. This new COVID-19 vaccine was named after the first Earth satellite, the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik-1.

Announced on December 8, 2020, 'the cosmonaut squad of the V.I. Yu.A. Gagarin and the Cosmonaut Training Center staff interacting with them will be vaccinated. In the future, other employees of the Center and key enterprises of the State Corporation Roscosmos will have the opportunity to protect themselves from SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection.'