3 Dec 2020 13:39

Moscow begins mass coronavirus vaccination on Dec 4 - Mayor Sobyanin

MOSCOW. Dec 3 (Interfax) - Moscow begins mass coronavirus vaccination on December 4, and it will be possible to make a vaccination appointment online starting on that day, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.

"On coordination with the Russian government and seeking to test the extensive mechanism of mass vaccination, we start offering online vaccination appointments to educational and healthcare workers of institutions of all forms of ownership, as well as workers of city social services on December 4, 2020. The list will be expanded in the coming weeks, as we receive bigger batches of the vaccine. Vaccination stations will open on December 5," Sobyanin said on his blog on Thursday.