Russia says it records no deaths linked to its coronavirus vaccines

By John Miller and Ludwig Burger Posted on April 9, 2021

gFILE PHOTO: A woman holds a medical syringe and a small bottle labeled “Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s health watchdog said on Friday it had not registered any deaths linked to domestically-produced coronavirus vaccines and that negative side-effects occurred in no more than 0.1% of cases.

“Since the start of use, we have not recorded a single case of death resulting from the use of Russian coronavirus vaccines,” Roszdravnadzor head Alla Samoylova was cited as saying in a statement from the health ministry.

(Reporting by Polina Ivanova; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)