"About 34 thousand certificates of vaccination against COVID-19 were issued from January 1, 2021 through a single portal of state services," TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to consider issuing certificates to persons vaccinated against the coronavirus with the Russian vaccine.

Since January 1, a service for issuing a certificate of vaccination against COVID-19 has been launched on the website of state services.