The city news agency "Moscow" was informed about this by the press service of the Department of Health of the capital.
“We have carried out a large campaign to vaccinate nursing home residents and have vaccinated over 10.6 thousand people.
This is 96% of those who have no medical contraindications, ”the press service said.
Earlier, Moscow Deputy Mayor for Social Development Anastasia Rakova commented on the progress of vaccination against coronavirus in the capital.
According to her, "almost half of all vaccinated in Moscow are just citizens over 60 years old."
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, at a meeting of the coordinating council on the fight against coronavirus infection, urged citizens "not to rely on chance" and to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves and their loved ones.