Moscow, Dec 24 :The level of herd immunity to Covid 19 in Russia has reached 60.4 per cent as 77.8 million people received their first vaccine dose and 73.1 million became fully vaccinated, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said Today”As of December 24, vaccination with the first component was given out 77,876,905 times, full-cycle vaccination — 73,106,249 times. The herd immunity level in Russia is 60.4 per cent. As Russian President Vladimir Putin noted yesterday, this is not enough to consider our country’s population sufficiently protected from the coronavirus,” Golikova said.
She further urged Russian citizens to get immunized against the virus as a free and safe “New Year’s present” for themselves and their loved ones.
Vaccination is available in all regions of Russia. In August 2020, the country’s health ministry registered the world’s first Covid 19 vaccine — Sputnik V, developed by the Gamaleya Center.(UNI)