“I know that more than 2 million doses have already been produced or will be produced in the next few days, will reach this level.
The production of the world's first vaccine against coronavirus infection Sputnik V, registered in the world, gives us the opportunity to start, if not mass, then large-scale vaccination.
And, of course, as agreed, first of all, of the two risk groups, ”he said.
He explained that we are talking about doctors and teachers.
“If you think that we have come close to such a step, I would ask you to organize the work in such a way that at the end of next week we have already started this large-scale vaccination,” Putin said.
In turn, Golikova noted that vaccination will be free on a voluntary basis.
“We appreciated our capabilities.
Now we are completing the summing up.
We have the opportunity to start large-scale vaccinations as early as December, ”she said.
Putin asked to start mass vaccination against coronavirus in Russia at the end of next week.
Golikova cautiously offered to report readiness first, but no.
“Let’s not report, but start.”
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- Kremlin Pool RIA (@Kremlinpool_RIA) December 2, 2020
In October, Putin announced the need to roll out COVID-19 vaccinations throughout Russia.