Russia To Vaccinate Up To 70% Of Population Against COVID-19 By November - Gamaleya Chief

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 14th March, 2021) Up to 70 percent of Russia's population will be vaccinated against COVID-19 by November, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, which has developed the Sputnik V vaccine, said on Saturday.

"I believe that by November, 70 percent of our population � albeit the pace of vaccination could be much faster � nevertheless, I believe that by November, 60-70 percent of people will be vaccinated. This problem, the infection, will become controllable inside the country by means of vaccination," Gintsburg told the SolovyovLive show on YouTube.