Murashko called the number of people who received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19

Almost 17 million Russians have already received the first component of the coronavirus vaccine, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko told reporters, RIA Novosti reports.

“Almost 17 million,” said Murashko, specifying that we are talking about those who received the first dose.

On May 10, President Vladimir Putin announced that 21.5 million citizens had been vaccinated against COVID-19 . Later, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that 24 million people had received at least one dose of the vaccine.

According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, 24 million is the number of doses of the vaccine that have been used over the entire period. More than 14 million people have received the first injection, and nearly 10 million have been fully vaccinated.