She said this during a meeting of the COVID-19 Coordination Council.

“I would like to note that there are regions where five to six days pass from the moment of taking the material to the issuance of the results,” Popova said.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor clarified that we are talking about the Tver, Penza, Chelyabinsk regions and a number of other subjects.

She noted that this situation is unacceptable.

“I gave instructions on the need for a tough response to such delays,” Popova said.

Also, the head of Rospotrebnadzor said that compulsory vaccination against coronavirus of certain categories of citizens has been introduced in all regions of Russia.