“As for vaccination itself, to date, 5 million Russian citizens have been vaccinated with the first component of the vaccine, 2.5 million Russian citizens have been vaccinated with two components of the vaccine,” said Golikova, quoted by RIA Novosti.

She added that the regions of the country, taking into account the volume of production and the volume of vaccine released into civilian circulation, continue to increase the capacity to vaccinate the population.

As it became known on March 5, the drug for the coronavirus "EpiVacCorona" will be available to Russians for mass vaccination in the second half of March.

The head of the FMBA, Veronika Skvortsova, said that in order to suppress the new wave of coronavirus in Russia, 25% of the population needs to be vaccinated in two months, or about 30% until May.