Moscow Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin promised on Friday that the Russia would start the COVID-19 vaccination at the end of the week and authorities would not miss the deadline.
"I can say today that we meet the deadline. The first batches of the vaccine have already been sent to regions, we are gradually nearing the output targets," Mishustin told Covid-19 vaccine producers.
In addition, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered that mass vaccination be launched this week. On Thursday, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that over 6,000 residents of the Russian capital had already been vaccinated. Doctors, teachers and social services staffers are the first in line to receive the vaccine.
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