The corresponding statement was published on the agency's website.

It is reported that a criminal case has been opened.

"Currently, the Department of Health, the leadership of a medical organization provide the necessary assistance to law enforcement agencies in establishing the perpetrators, facts and reasons for what happened," added the Department of Health.

Earlier, the FBA "Economics Today" reported that a criminal case was opened in the Nizhny Novgorod region on the fact of forging certificates of vaccination against coronavirus.