
Vitaly Kostarev, Chief State Sanitary DOCTOR for the Perm Territory, signed a decree on mandatory vaccination for certain categories of people.
Employers need to organize preventive vaccinations covering at least 60% of the total number of employees with the first component of the vaccine before August 15, the second - before September 15.
As the HEAD of Rospotrebnadzor Vitaly Kostarev told RBC Perm, they plan to monitor compliance with the decree as part of inspections. In addition, information on the number of vaccinated is provided by the Ministry of HEALTH, as well as legal entities and individual entrepreneurs.
He added that the decision is not aimed at punishing anyone and bringing them to administrative responsibility. it is necessary to highlight the priority categories of citizens who first need to be vaccinated in order to prevent outbreaks, namely medicine, education, services, state and municipal employees. “And fines are the last thing, there is no goal to punish anyone,” says Kostarev.
Vitaly Kostarev does not believe that the mandatory vaccination introduced is premature.