"I am sure that we will absolutely have to complete the bulk of the mass vaccination by the fall," RIA Novosti quotes Mishustin.

Earlier, the chief freelance epidemiologist of the Ministry of Health, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nikolai Briko, assessed the situation with coronavirus infection COVID-19 in Russia.

He noted that "there are noticeable tendencies towards stabilization and even a decrease in the incidence, but nevertheless, vaccination is important during this period."

Doctor-immunologist, Candidate of Medical Sciences Nikolai Kryuchkov, in an interview with FAN, also commented on the situation with the pandemic.