COVID-19 vaccination in Russia

Greece has Tightened COVID-19 Measures for the Unvaccinated

Greek health officials on Tuesday announced tougher measures for unvaccinated and heavier fines for non-compliance in response to a sharp increase in coronavirus cases, AFP reported.

As of Saturday, anyone who has not been vaccinated against the coronavirus will have to take a negative test before entering public buildings, shops and banks, the health ministry said.

"Sputnik V": We have no doubt

CEO of Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) that made "Sputnik V", Kirill Dmitriev, stated that he believes that representatives of the WHO will visit Russia soon, in October. "We have no doubt that the WHO will approve the vaccine," Dmitriev said at the Bloomberg Invest Global conference.

Russia warns of 'explosive' virus surge

Russia warned on June 23 of an "explosive" spread of the Delta coronavirus variant in the country that was made worse by a sluggish vaccination campaign leading to rapidly rising infections and deaths.

Citing increases in cases of coronavirus in all Russian regions, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova called for stronger restrictive measures and speeding up of inoculations.

Turkey vaccinated over one-third of population, says health minister

Turkey has vaccinated more than one-third of its over 80 million population to date, the Turkish health minister announced on June 4. 

"30M vaccine shots have been administered (in Turkey) as of today," Fahrettin Koca wrote on Twitter, adding that one-third of the country's population had been vaccinated.

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