Mass vaccination against COVID-19 has started in the Lipetsk region.
Since January 18, on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin, mass vaccination of citizens against coronavirus has begun in the country. It should be noted that the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation has included vaccination against COVID-19 in the calendar of preventive vaccinations.
The Lipetsk region has already received 16 thousand doses of the vaccine of the domestic drug "Sputnik V", until the end of February in the region about 50 thousand more doses will be delivered.
The vaccine is stored in freezers at a temperature of -18 degrees, ampoules in special thermal boxes from GUZ " Lipetsk regional blood transfusion station " is delivered to polyclinics. One ampoule is designed for five doses. Vaccination takes place in two stages, with a frequency of 21 days.
- "All the work is being carried out as planned, we are making preliminary lists. The day before vaccination, we call the patients and invite them to get vaccinated. If during the examination by a doctor there is a medical withdrawal for some reason, then we call people from the reserve list, thus fully using the entire vaccine "- says the chief doctor of the GUZ " Lipetsk City polyclinic No. 7 " Volkorezov I. A.
About 40 people have already been vaccinated in the Lipetsk City Polyclinic No. 7, and more than 400 Lipchans have signed up for the vaccine .
Vaccination against COVID-19 in city polyclinics can be obtained by all interested citizens from 18 years of age free of charge under the MHI policy. Citizens who are at risk are the first to be vaccinated: medical workers, teachers, representatives of law enforcement agencies, etc.
