The authorities of the Nizhny Novgorod region introduced mandatory vaccination for the elderly

Mandatory vaccination against CORONAVIRUS for people over 60 was introduced in the Nizhny Novgorod region. This is stated in the decision of the chief sanitary DOCTOR of the region Natalya Kucherenko, published on the website of the regional Rospotrebnadzor.

Residents of Nizhny Novgorod over 60 years of age must be vaccinated with the first component of the vaccine by December 17, and the second component by January 7. If necessary, they can be vaccinated at home. The decision does not apply to those who have a certificate of medical exemption from vaccination.

A tense epidemiological situation remains in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Rospotrebnadzor explained. According to Kucherenko, since the beginning of November, 31.2% more people over 60 have become ill with coronavirus in the region than in October. The elderly account for 25.6% of detected cases of covid-19 , the incidence rate is 585 per 100,000 population, she stressed.

Over the past day, 759 people have fallen ill with coronavirus in the Nizhny Novgorod region, since the beginning of the pandemic - more than 209.2 thousand, follows from the data of the operational headquarters. On November 22, 40 people died, during the entire period of the pandemic, the authorities recorded more than 8.6 thousand deaths. During the day, the availability of hospital beds in the region decreased by 2 percentage points and amounted to 21%, the Ministry of HEALTH of the region reported.