January 3rd, Moscow Mayor Sobianin announced through social networking sites that from the 4th, the scope of people who can be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus will be expanded again. Banking, financial workers and administrative personnel at all levels will be included in the vaccination scope.
Sobianin said that Moscow vaccination stations work every day and have no rest days.
Moscow has been vaccinated against the coronavirus on a large scale since December 5, first by teachers and medical personnel. Since then, people and volunteers from trade, services, transportation, energy, media and other industries have been included in the scope of vaccines.
Sobianen revealed that Moscow is the worst affected area. Recently, 50,000 people in Moscow have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, and another 100,000 have made appointments to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.
According to the Russian COVID-19 Prevention and Control Headquarters on the 3rd, in the past day, 24,150 new cases of COVID-19 infection in Russia have exceeded 3.23 million people.