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| As Russia’s coronavirus vaccine nears completion, Moscow residents will be offered immunisation for FREE | |
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| Muscovites will be able to get vaccinated against Covid-19 free of charge, according to the capital city’s mayor, Sergey Sobyanin. His announcement comes the same week Russia’s first vaccine trialists were successfully immunized. | Muscovites will be able to get vaccinated against Covid-19 free of charge, according to the capital city’s mayor, Sergey Sobyanin. His announcement comes the same week Russia’s first vaccine trialists were successfully immunized. |
| “As soon as [the vaccine] appears, we will start the inoculation campaign,” Sobyanin said, “The vaccination will be free at all out-patient medical establishments.” | “As soon as [the vaccine] appears, we will start the inoculation campaign,” Sobyanin said, “The vaccination will be free at all out-patient medical establishments.” |
| The mayor added that more Muscovites should receive flu shots in autumn 2020 so the Covid-19 epidemic does not overlap with an influenza outbreak. Last week, Sobyanin said that Moscow was slowly edging towards herd immunity, with 60 percent of the people already having antibodies. | The mayor added that more Muscovites should receive flu shots in autumn 2020 so the Covid-19 epidemic does not overlap with an influenza outbreak. Last week, Sobyanin said that Moscow was slowly edging towards herd immunity, with 60 percent of the people already having antibodies. |
| Several Russian institutions are developing a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, with one already looking to be a great success. On Monday morning, 20 vaccinated volunteers were discharged from a Russian military hospital after almost a month of observation, as they were given a coronavirus vaccine developed by Moscow’s Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. | Several Russian institutions are developing a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, with one already looking to be a great success. On Monday morning, 20 vaccinated volunteers were discharged from a Russian military hospital after almost a month of observation, as they were given a coronavirus vaccine developed by Moscow’s Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. |
| According to a press release from the Ministry of Defense, which worked together with the Gamalei Institute to produce the immunization, the trialists have “unambiguously” shown immunity to Covid-19. | According to a press release from the Ministry of Defense, which worked together with the Gamalei Institute to produce the immunization, the trialists have “unambiguously” shown immunity to Covid-19. |
| On July 16, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), revealed that Russia’s domestic Covid-19 vaccine would next be tested at home and “in a number of other countries,” and announced that he expects it “to receive regulatory approval… in August-September.” | On July 16, Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), revealed that Russia’s domestic Covid-19 vaccine would next be tested at home and “in a number of other countries,” and announced that he expects it “to receive regulatory approval… in August-September.” |
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