“The first component of the vaccine was received by over 425 thousand people.
Among them there are 75 thousand cadets, teachers of military universities and pre-university educational organizations.
More than 370 thousand servicemen have completed the full course of vaccination, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
Shoigu noted that the volume of supplies of medications "makes it possible to vaccinate all military personnel, their families and civilian personnel."
“Servicemen with COVID-19 receive timely medical assistance.
Currently, 98.5% of those infected have recovered.
Mass morbidity has not been allowed, the number of detected cases of the disease is steadily decreasing, ”the minister added.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense reported that more than 180 foreign military attaches from 34 countries were vaccinated against coronavirus with the Russian drug Sputnik V.