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President Putin orders for mass vaccination from next week

Reported by:  PTC News Desk  Edited by:  Gitanjali Mangal -- December 03rd 2020 06:21 PM -- Updated: December 03rd 2020 06:33 PM
President Putin orders for mass vaccination from next week

President Putin orders for mass vaccination from next week

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian authorities to begin the mass voluntary vaccinations against COVID next week as Russia recorded 589 new daily deaths from the coronavirus. Also Read | UK approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine for rollout ‘from next week’ Putin said that Russia will be producing 2 million vaccine doses within the next few days. It had said last month that its Sputnik V jab was 92% effective at protecting people from Covid-19 as per the interim results. These COVID-19 vaccine candidates in late stage clinical trials  "Let's agree on this — you will not report to me next week, but you will start mass vaccination...let's get to work already," Putin told Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova. Working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova • President of Russia Golikova said large-scale vaccination could begin on a voluntary basis in December. -PTC News


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