“Today we are preparing for the epidemic season,” RIA Novosti Murashko quotes.
He noted that "the main task of the Russian healthcare system is to cover the population with influenza vaccination as much as possible."
He stated that one of the important tasks facing the Russian Ministry of Health is to avoid a high incidence of influenza, "and thereby protect the population."
According to previously published data from Rospotrebnadzor, more than 1.8 million Russians have already been vaccinated against influenza.