MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's health minister is preparing a mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus for October, local news agencies reported on Saturday, after a vaccine completed clinical trials.
Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said the Gamaleya Institute, a state research facility in Moscow, had completed clinical trials of the vaccine and paperwork is being prepared to register it, Interfax news agency reported.
He said doctors and teachers would be the first to be vaccinated.
(Score: 2) by Opportunist on Tuesday August 04 2020, @05:34PM (3 children)
Who said they don't?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday August 04 2020, @05:41PM (2 children)
Russia has been flat to losing population since the Berlin wall fell, I don't think they're on a growth predicated economy anymore and their rulers don't seem to care if they lose people or not.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04 2020, @06:59PM (1 child)
i don't know if that's true. Putin publicly pushes family, etc.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04 2020, @08:14PM
No surprise there. That's a standard from the authoritarian's handbook.