"According to the general assessment, a significant amount and large-scale vaccination can be started from the end of November and in December," TASS quotes him.

As he stressed during his speech at the Open Innovations forum, work in this direction is carried out daily.

According to Ignatiev, five production sites are currently involved in scaling the Russian coronavirus vaccine.

Earlier, the head of the Russian Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko, urged Russians to minimize contacts and comply with measures to prevent coronavirus infection before the start of mass vaccination against COVID-19.

On October 18, Honored Doctor of Russia Alexander Karabinenko spoke about how to protect yourself from COVID-19 coronavirus infection in winter.

According to him, in winter it is necessary not to forget about the mask and gloves.

Epidemiologist Felix Ershov, in an interview with NSN, commented on the situation with COVID-19 in Russia.