Kremlin reports rising demand for Covid-19 jabs as new rules imposed, but says goal to inject 60% of Russians by fall won’t be met

A previously announced

A previously announced national target to vaccinate 60% of Russians by the end of the summer will not be met, the Kremlin has revealed. The news comes despite more and more people signing up for the jab amid a new wave of cases.

Taking questions from journalists on Tuesday, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that it was “obvious” that the numbers would fall short of that goal. However, he added that “only this week have we seen the groups wishing to be vaccinated beginning to grow.”

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