In Chechnya, the number of people who want to be vaccinated has increased dramatically. According to official information, the Republic of the outsiders became the leader in the rate of vaccination campaign
The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, during a video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, complained about the shortage of coronavirus vaccine that the region has been experiencing in the last week.
“There are queues at some vaccination points, we have been experiencing a shortage of vaccines for the last week, and I want you to pay attention to this,” Kadyrov said (quoted by TASS).
On June 9, the publication “Chechnya Today” reported that about 21% of the population (that is, a little more than 110 thousand people) were vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine in the republic. According to TASS, to date, 175671 people (31.5%) have been vaccinated with the first component of the vaccine.
Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova at a meeting with Putin on Wednesday said that Chechnya is now one of the leaders in the rate of vaccination in Russia.
At the same time, in mid-May, the vaccination rate in the republics of the North Caucasus (including Chechnya) did not exceed 5%, according to a study conducted by RBC. The situation was worse only in Dagestan.
On June 23, Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov acknowledged the shortage of COVID-19 vaccines, explaining it as “temporary logistical difficulties”. “I think that in the coming days it will all be compensated and in the required amount, as it was all the previous months, the vaccine will be in civilian circulation,” he said.