(Fighting new crown pneumonia) Putin asks to start large-scale new crown vaccination next week
China News Agency, Moscow, December 2 (Reporter Wang Xiujun) Russian President Vladimir Putin requested a large-scale new crown virus vaccination from next week during the video connection of the opening of the medical centers of the Ministry of National Defense in multiple places on the 2nd.
Putin said that the "Satellite-V" new crown vaccine has been produced or will produce more than 2 million doses within a few days, which makes mass vaccination possible.
Vaccination will begin with two high-risk groups, doctors and teachers.
Putin said that the entire production industry and medical network are ready for mass vaccination, and now they have to take the first step.
During the connection, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Golikova said that mass vaccination may be carried out in December. The government is assessing the possibility of expanding the priority population for vaccination and will report to Putin on the preparations for mass vaccination.
Putin emphasized that there is no need to report, but to start implementation.
According to Russian media sources, Russia's mass vaccination will be voluntarily and free of charge.
On the 2nd, Russia’s Central Military Region and Southern Military Region received the first batch of vaccines and began to vaccinate medical staff who are treating patients with new crowns.
According to the requirements of Russian Defense Minister Shoigu, 400,000 military personnel are planned to be vaccinated against the new crown, and the number of military personnel planned to be vaccinated by the end of this year will reach 80,000.
"Satellite-V" was developed by the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology in Gamallea. It is the first new crown vaccine registered in Russia and has been produced in many places in Russia.
According to the Russian New Crown Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters, in the past day, there were 25,345 new infections in Russia, and the cumulative number of infections has exceeded 2.34 million.
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