“About three hundred thousand foreign citizens work in our city.
It is very important for us that they also take root, protect themselves and other people, ”said the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov.
The administration said that "the vaccination campaign is being conducted by the St. Petersburg Agency for Medical Tourism."
It is noted that “currently more than 1000 employing companies have applied to the agency with a request to vaccinate more than 60 thousand foreign workers”.
“Today the first 300 people have been sent for vaccination.
Also, foreign workers can independently apply to the vaccination centers of the city ... Labor migrants can get vaccinated either at their own expense or at the expense of the employer.
The Sputnik Light vaccine is used for vaccination.
More than 41,000 sets of doses have been prepared, ”the message says.
According to data as of August 12, 21,932 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia per day, the total number of patients with COVID-19 was 6,534,791.
Director of the Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Gamaleya Alexander Gintsburg, in an interview with the NSN, told how herd immunity is formed.