The filmmaker Oliver Stone has taken the Sputnik V vaccine developed in Russia. However, the 74-year-old director said that he is not sure if the vaccine will work for his age group. Moreover, the director said that he is not even concerned about the complications that might take place following the vaccine intake.

Russia has launched its COVID-19 vaccine nationwide and started the distribution last week for the people at high-risk of health, workers, and educational purpose for the age group of 18 to 60. However, some experts have warned people that these medicines could turn out to be harmful to 60 and older patients.

The experts further explained that elderly people develop severe coronavirus forms and the death rates are higher in that age group. However, the director said that he got vaccinated a couple of days ago after hearing positive things about the vaccine.

In an interview with Channel One state broadcaster of Russia, the director reflected on his tour of the country's nuclear plants in order to collect information for his upcoming documentary based on climate change.

The Born On The Fourth Of July director said that he is planning to return to Russia after receiving his second dose. While he noted that the vaccine is really good, he is still wondering why people in western countries ignore the vaccine.

The Sputnik V's developers revealed that they had kept trials for over 150 volunteers aged more than 60 years, to confirm that the vaccine is absolutely safe. The mass vaccination campaign has distributed more than 320,000 doses so far.

The Sovereign Wealth Fund of Russia, which takes care of the markets and finances, disclosed that over 200,000 citizens had been inoculated. A couple of days ago, the developers also obtained data of three weeks following the inoculation to the volunteers that showed 100% against severe cases and 91.4% efficacy.

The country has faced around 47,500 deaths and 2.7 million infections since the pandemic started. The Oscar-winning American director is hopeful of the Russian vaccine, while in the United States of America, Pfizer’s version of the coronavirus vaccine has been administered to a smaller number of people. 

Since the health care workers are being provided with the vaccine in California and New York City, the entire world is looking forward to the results. Keep checking this space for more details on celebrities and their experience with coronavirus.