Correspondent in Moscow
There was little need for an interview with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Sunday on
Rossia 1
television
to remind Russians of the obvious:
“When we wake up on January 1, no one is will have made the Covid disappear, it will always be there.
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The pandemic will, in fact, overwhelmingly present, as elsewhere, while the vaccination campaign, which began early in early December, will expand in January to all categories of the population, including Vladimir Putin.
Uncertainties remain about the ability to produce the Sputnik V vaccine in sufficient quantity, but the objective is clearly stated: to vaccinate 70% of the population by next November to achieve collective immunity.
As at the time of the race for the conquest of space, recalled by the name of the vaccine, Moscow is engaged in a global competition, against the pandemic this time.
Coincidentally, Russia will celebrate on the 12
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