COVID-19 vaccination in Russia

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COVID-19 vaccination in Russia
Date5 December 2020 (2020-12-05)[1] – present
LocationRussia
CauseCOVID-19 pandemic in Russia
TargetImmunization against COVID-19
Participants12,300,000+ people have received at least one dose (30 April 2021)[2]
7,530,000+ people have been fully vaccinated (30 April 2021)[2]
Outcome8.4% of the Russian population has received at least one dose of a vaccine[a][2][3]
Websiteвакцина.стопкоронавирус.рф

The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Russia is an ongoing mass immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country. Mass vaccinations began in December 2020, starting with primarily doctors, medical workers and teachers, and in January 2021, this was extended to the entire population.[4][5]

As of 30 April 2021, 12.3 million people have received at least one dose, with 7.53 million people fully vaccinated.[3][2][6]

Background[edit]

On 11 August 2020, President Putin said in a meeting that the Sputnik V vaccine (registered as Gam-COVID-Vac) developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology was the first vaccine against the coronavirus to be registered. He said that one of his daughters was vaccinated.[7] The previous day, the Association of Clinical Research Organisations, a union of pharmaceutical companies in Russia, urged the head of the Ministry of Health to delay the registration due to incomplete testing.[8] The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) stated that 20 countries had requested in total 1 billion doses of the vaccine, nicknamed Sputnik V.[9]

On 8 September 2020, the health ministry's press service said that the first batches of the vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Centre had entered civilian circulation.[10]

On 14 October 2020, President Vladimir Putin announced that the EpiVacCorona vaccine was approved.[11]

On 20 February 2021, President Vladimir Putin announced that the CoviVac vaccine was approved.[12]

Vaccines on order[edit]

Vaccine Approval Deployment
Sputnik V Green check.svg 10 August 2020[13] Green check.svg 27 November 2020[14]
EpiVacCorona Green check.svg 14 October 2020[11] Green check.svg 18 January 2021[15]
CoviVac Green check.svg 20 February 2021[12] Green check.svg 25 March 2021[16]

History[edit]

December 2020[edit]

On 2 December 2020, President Putin ordered the start of mass vaccination of the population for the next week, starting with doctors, medical workers and teachers.[4] On 5 December, vaccinations began in Moscow.[17]

On 10 December 2020, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova announced that approximately 6.9 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine will enter civilian circulation in Russia before the end of February 2021.[18] On December 15, the Ministry of Health announced the start of mass vaccination in all regions.[19]

January 2021[edit]

On 6 January 2021, the RDIF announced that 1 million people had been vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine. On January 10, 2021, the RDIF stated that over 1.5 million people had been vaccinated.[20]

February 2021[edit]

By 17 February 2021, 2.2 million people had received the first dose of the Sputnik V vaccine and another 1.7 million people had received both doses.[21]

March 2021[edit]

By 15 March 2021, over 3.5 million people had received both doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, according to the RDIF.[22]

April 2021[edit]

On 9 April 2021, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that less than half of those vaccinated were over the age of 60.[23]

On 14 April 2021, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that around 820,000 Muscovites had been fully vaccinated, out of a population of 12 million. Sobyanin also said that Moscow was "fully supplied" with vaccines and urged Muscovites to get vaccinated. By 14 April, an estimated 9.5 million Russians had received at least one vaccine dose, with around 5.6 million having received both doses.[24]

On 25 April 2021, Sobyanin announced that those over the age of 60 who get vaccinated would be eligible to receive a gift card worth 1,000 rubles to spend in shops, raised through contributions from businesses, in an effort to incentivize the vaccination campaign.[25][26]

On 26 April 2021, 11.9 million people overall had received at least a first dose of a vaccine, representing 10% of the adult population.[26]

Public opinion[edit]

Public scepticism of being vaccinated remains high.[24] A poll by the Levada Center released on 1 March 2021 found that 62% of Russian respondents did not want to receive the country's Sputnik V vaccine, with younger respondents being more reluctant.[27]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Including the disputed Crimea.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Coronavirus: Russia rolls out COVID vaccination in Moscow". dw.com. 5 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations". ourworldindata.org.
  3. ^ a b "Russia". Reuters.
  4. ^ a b "Путин поручил начать массовую вакцинацию от COVID на следующей неделе". Interfax. 2 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Путин поручил начать массовую вакцинацию от коронавируса". Kommersant. 13 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Статистика вакцинации от коронавируса". gogov.ru.
  7. ^ "Путин объявил о регистрации вакцины от коронавируса в России". rbc.ru.
  8. ^ "Путин объявил о регистрации в РФ вакцины вопреки мнению экспертов". dw.com.
  9. ^ "Россия получила запрос на 1 млрд доз вакцины против коронавируса". rbc.ru.
  10. ^ "Первую партию российской вакцины от COVID выпустили в гражданский оборот". rbc.ru.
  11. ^ a b "Совещание с членами Правительства". President of Russia. 14 October 2020.
  12. ^ a b Ivanova, Polina (2021-02-20). "Russia approves its third COVID-19 vaccine, CoviVac". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  13. ^ Callaway E (August 2020). "Russia's fast-track coronavirus vaccine draws outrage over safety". Nature. 584 (7821): 334–335. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02386-2. PMID 32782400. This is a reckless and foolish decision. Mass vaccination with an improperly tested vaccine is unethical. Any problem with the Russian vaccination campaign would be disastrous both through its negative effects on health, but also because it would further set back the acceptance of vaccines in the population.
  14. ^ "Russian Military Launches Coronavirus Vaccination Campaign". The Moscow Times. November 27, 2020.
  15. ^ "Mass coronavirus vaccination campaign begins in Russia". Russian News Agency. January 18, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  16. ^ "COVID-вакцина центра имени Чумакова вышла в гражданский оборот" (in Russian). Interfax. March 25, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  17. ^ "Covid: Russia begins vaccinations in Moscow". BBC News. 5 December 2020.
  18. ^ "About 6.9 mln doses of Sputnik V vaccine to enter circulation in Russia by end of February". TASS. 10 December 2020.
  19. ^ "Минздрав объявил о старте вакцинации от COVID-19 во всех регионах РФ". Interfax. 15 December 2020.
  20. ^ ""Спутником V" привили более 1,5 млн человек". Interfax. 10 January 2021.
  21. ^ "В России привились «Спутником V» 3,9 млн человек". severpost.ru. 17 February 2021.
  22. ^ "В России 3,5 миллиона человек полностью привились от COVID-19". ria.ru. 15 March 2021.
  23. ^ "Мишустин потребовал снизить риски завоза в Россию новых штаммов коронвируса". Interfax. 9 April 2021.
  24. ^ a b "Less Than 10% of People Vaccinated In Moscow, Center of Russia's Vaccination Drive". The Moscow Times. 15 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Миллион призов. Программа поощрения вакцинации для старшего поколения". sobyanin.ru. 25 April 2021.
  26. ^ a b "Russia Has Vaccinated 10% of Its Adult Population". The Moscow Times. 26 April 2021.
  27. ^ "Over 60% of Russians don't want Sputnik V vaccine, see coronavirus as biological weapon: Reuters poll". Reuters. 1 March 2021.
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