Moscow plans to vaccinate about 7 million inhabitants against the corona virus. Mayor Sergei Sobjanin said this in a TV interview on Sunday. Earlier in the day, Russia again reported a record number of new infections, more than 29,000. The number of Russians who contracted the feared virus is approaching 2.5 million. The death toll rose by 457 to 43,141.
In the capital, which has more than 12 million inhabitants, the vaccination campaign started on Saturday in 70 clinics. Risk groups, such as educational staff and health care workers, are given priority. “We are expected to vaccinate 6 to 7 million people,” said Sobjanin.
Russia has developed its own vaccine, Sputnik V, and has quickly approved its use. Scientists question this, because the drug has not yet been sufficiently tested for safety and efficacy.
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Inland:
- Cabinet meeting again in Catshuis to discuss corona approach
- Slightly more corona patients admitted to hospital.
- Number of new corona cases continues to rise: 6,814 new infections
- OMT member De Jong: better not relax at Christmas
- This is what we really need to know about the corona vaccine
- General practitioner (49) dies of corona: ‘He gave his life for others’
- Slightly fewer corona patients admitted to hospitals
- Number of corona cases further increased: 6,577 new infections
Abroad:
- Number of new corona cases in Germany has fallen sharply
- Another record number of corona infections in Russia
- Another record number of new corona infections in the US
- Tighter measures to stop Korean growth infections
- Great crowds in Brussels on the first Saturday that shops are allowed to open
- Less traffic on second day of massive test campaign in Austria
- Large-scale vaccination campaign started in Moscow
Financial-economic:
- Travelers angry about it long queues and full planes
- AEX quickly gallops at topper Shell on the back
- Podcast | The final phase of the corona crisis: what awaits us?
Sport:
- KNVB takes action with a thousand football shirts on Malieveld
- WTA wants tennis season start outside Australia
- Max Verstappen does not whine about conditions in Bahrain
Entertainment / personal:
- Does it make sense to now I have to adjust my lifestyle to prevent corona?
- Top 2000: na corona finally something else to talk about
- Singer Jeremih after corona infection ‘eternally grateful’ that he is still alive
- Jan Versteegh leads the way cozy TV in corona time
- Prince Albert of Monaco talks about long recovery from coronaviru
read here the corona news of Saturday December 5.
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