Rospotrebnadzor spoke about the possibility of compulsory vaccination in St. Petersburg

She stated that "if necessary, it is possible."

“But the introduction of compulsory vaccination may not work for the benefit.

We need to convince people, persuade, explain, ”added Chkhinzheria.

As of July 20, 23,770 cases of coronavirus infection were registered in Russia per day.

In total, 6,006,536 patients with COVID-19 were identified in the country during the pandemic. 

The former chief sanitary doctor of Russia, Gennady Onishchenko, at an online briefing on the NSN, urged Russians to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.