What It's Like To Get Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 Vaccine : NPR

Like many Russians, NPR's Moscow Correspondent Lucian Kim thought long and hard about whether he should get the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. Lucian's on the line from Moscow now.Hey, there.LUCIAN KIM, BYLINE: Hey, Mary Louise.KELLY: So I hear you are fresh out of a city hospital where you got the Sputnik V. My left arm is just a little sore...KELLY: (Laughter) Yeah.KIM: ...But I've been getting vaccines since I was a baby, so (laughter) I know that's pretty normal.KELLY: And is the Sputnik V, is it a two-dose vaccine or are you done now?KIM: No, it's a two-dose vaccine. Even the government says most of those deaths are linked to COVID-19, which suggests that Russia's real number of COVID-19 deaths last year may have been many times higher than the official figure.KELLY: That is NPR's Lucian Kim talking about getting the Russian vaccine in Moscow today.Lucian, stay well and good luck with that sore left arm.KIM: Thanks, Mary Louise.Copyright © 2021 NPR.