2021.05.03,

Verified

Pashinyan Hides, Visual Material Reveals

author_posts/arshaluys-barseghyan
Arshaluys Barseghyan

Journalist

Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan was vaccinated against coronavirus on May 3. Official reports do not say which vaccine he received. Pashinyan did not answer this question from the NA tribune. However, the available visual material proves that Pashinyan was vaccinated with Russian Sputnik V.

How was the vaccine discovered?

A video about the vaccination of Nikol Pashinyan and Anna Hakobyan was published on May 3, but neither the video, nor the reports of the RA Government, nor the Ministry of Health, nor their personal accounts specify which vaccine they received.

Nikol Pashinyan did not specify the issue of choosing the vaccine from the NA tribune. Instead, he informed that one of the deputy ministers was vaccinated with AstraZeneca, the other will be vaccinated with Sputnik V. He also expressed hope that one of the NA presidencies will be vaccinated with the Chinese vaccine.

Pashinyan did not explain why he did not publish the name of the vaccine, but it is possible to find out from the published video. In one scene, the vaccine vial is close-up: It has a design with blue letters on a white background.

This is the design of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, which is registered as ‘Gam-KOVID-Vak.’ Of the other two vaccines used in Armenia, the design of the English AstraZeneca is purple-white, and that of the Chinese Sinovac is orange-white.

What vaccine did the officials get?

Arsen Torosyan is the first official in Armenia to be vaccinated against coronavirus. As Minister of Health, in December 2020, he was vaccinated with Russian Sputnik V․ This was the only vaccine available in Armenia at that time, the samples of which were transferred by the Russian side. Acting RA Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan and Acting Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan were vaccinated with AstraZeneca on April 28.

So far, it is clear from the content published by the Ministry of Justice that the following officials have been vaccinated:

It is not clear which vaccine they received.

Some heads of international organizations and diplomats have also been vaccinated in Armenia:

What vaccine have leaders in other countries chosen?

Current and former leaders of different countries participate in information campaigns on the coronavirus vaccine. They are vaccinated in front of the cameras, choosing either the vaccine produced by their own country or the one that arouses the most suspicion among people.

Pashinyan is not the only leader who does not announce the name of the vaccine he received. Russian President Vladimir Putin did the same. The Kremlin said it had been vaccinated with a Russian-made vaccine, but did not specify the vaccine.

Who was vaccinated by the vaccine that was targeted for raising the most concern, AstraZeneca:

US President Joe Biden was vaccinated with German-American Pfizer-BioNTech, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was vaccinated with Chinese Sinovac. Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have been vaccinated.

Arshaluys Barseghyan


Add new comment

Comments by Media.am readers become public after moderation. We urge our readers not to leave anonymous comments. It’s always nice to know with whom one is speaking.

We do not publish comments that contain profanities, non-normative lexicon, personal attacks or threats. We do not publish comments that spread hate.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *