Putin ordered the heads of regions to personally deal with the vaccination campaign against COVID

Russian President Vladimir Putin , at a meeting with members of the government, ordered the leaders of the regions "personally and permanently" to deal with the issues of vaccination against coronavirus infection covid-19 .

“All this can be done, it is only necessary that at the regional level the leaders of the regions personally deal with this issue, personally and constantly. Then we will get the result we need,” the HEAD of state said.

According to him, vaccination against coronavirus in Russia is not mandatory, but the heads of regions can make it mandatory. “In our country, vaccinations against COVID-19 are not included in the nationwide vaccination plan. This means that vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory nationwide, but in accordance with the law of 1998, governors, heads of regions, on the recommendations of chief sanitary doctors, have the right to introduce mandatory vaccination in the event of a sharp increase in the incidence of certain categories of citizens,” he recalled. .

Putin stressed that many governors took advantage of this right. “But people need to know about it,” the president added.