Russia introduces new certificates of vaccination against coronavirus
In Russia, from November 8, they will begin to issue a new certificate of vaccination against coronavirus or of a past illness. This is reported on the
official Internet portal of legal information.
The document can be obtained in electronic form on the public services portal no later than three days after the completion of vaccination. It will also be available in paper form, but this will require a visit to the MFC. Previously issued certificates will be reissued automatically by March 1, 2022.
Earlier, the Ministry of Health showed a new single-sample certificate of vaccination against coronavirus. It is automatically generated as an electronic document in Russian and English. The document also provides a place for a QR code.
In October, Alexander Gintsburg , director of the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology , said that about 80 percent of COVID-19 patients in Russia who claim to be vaccinated bought a vaccination document.