Russia proposes to abandon mass vaccination against COVID-19

Vulnerable categories will continue to be vaccinated, including people over 18 years of age, who have not had covid-19 and / or have not been vaccinated, the elderly and citizens with chronic diseases

The Ministry of HEALTH of RUSSIA proposed to abandon the mass vaccination against COVID-19 in connection with the stabilization of the epidemic situation. The draft order is published on the federal portal of draft regulatory legal acts.

“In connection with the formation of a high level of collective immunity against the new CORONAVIRUS infection COVID-19 and the stabilization of the epidemic situation associated with the spread of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19, it is advisable to switch from mass vaccination to vaccination of vulnerable categories of citizens in the Russian Federation,” the explanatory note says.

Will still vaccinate:

citizens over 18 years of age who have not recovered from COVID-19 and / or have not been vaccinated; citizens aged 60 and over; citizens with chronic diseases, including diseases of the bronchopulmonary system, tuberculosis, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus and obesity; citizens with primary or secondary immunodeficiencies, including HIV infection, autoimmune diseases, oncological / oncohematological diseases.

Until now, people over 60 years of age, social workers, people with chronic diseases were subject to priority vaccination.

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a coronavirus pandemic, the SARS-CoV-2 virus was detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, CHINA. In Russia, more than 22.9 million people fell ill with COVID-19, more than 399 thousand died. In May, WHO announced the cancellation of the global health emergency due to the pandemic.

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