“About 4 thousand residents of the Moscow region over 60 years old were vaccinated against COVID-19.

Vaccination for the elderly has become possible since the end of last year after successful clinical trials of the Sputnik V vaccine, TASS reports.

It is specified that the vaccination should not be given to elderly people with exacerbations of chronic diseases, allergies and ARVI.

Earlier, the governor of the Moscow region, Andrey Vorobyov, said that the situation with COVID-19 in the region is improving.