Russia must accelerate Covid-19 vaccinations, Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated on Tuesday as the country recorded its highest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic.
Addressing newly elected lawmakers of the State Duma -- Russia's lower parliament house -- Putin urged the deputies who had gathered in the Kremlin to convince the Russian public to get vaccinated as the situation continues to worsen across the vast country. "You know that the number of infections is growing in many regions and medical specialists are working in difficult conditions. We all know well that vaccination can save us from the virus and from a severe course of the disease.
Rosstat, the Russian statistics agency, records deaths connected to coronavirus where the virus wasn't the only cause or main cause of death, but Russia's coronavirus task force doesn't include those in the official death count. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, who is in charge of the country's coronavirus response, said in a televised government meeting on Friday that 47.8 million Russians have received their first shot and only 42.
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