The Health Minister of Russia, Mikhail Murashko said the country is preparing to start a mass vaccination campaign against the coronavirus in October.
The minister who revealed that doctors and teachers would be the first to be vaccinated, did not give the details about the vaccine to be used.
Russia reported 95 new deaths, pushing its national tally to 14,058.
Officials also reported 5,462 new cases of the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, pushing the country’s tally to 845,443.
