Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the start of mass-scale vaccination against coronavirus in Russia by the end of next week
‘I’d ask you to organize the work in a way that would allow the start of large-scale vaccination by the end of next week,’ the president told Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova.
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The deputy PM had promised to come back with a report once the government is ready to fulfill that task, but Putin responded that he hadn’t asked for a report, but for an actual start of the vaccination.
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Medics and teachers are set to be among the first to get the shot. Vaccination against Covid-19 will be voluntary, and Russian citizens will be getting the shots at no cost
