Russia to begin vaccinating citizens en masse with four-component flu vaccine by 2025
According to Alexander Gorelov, deputy director for scientific work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, other countries are planning such a transition only by 2030
MOSCOW, January 24. /TASS/. Russia will begin vaccinating citizens en masse with a four-component flu vaccine by 2025. At the same time, other countries are planning such a transition only by 2030, said Alexander Gorelov, Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
“Already this year, 70% of our children have been vaccinated with a four-component vaccine. But in general, all of Russia will switch exclusively to a quadrivalent vaccine by 2025,” he said at a press conference with the Izvestia newspaper dedicated to the current epidemiological situation in Russia.
According to Gorelov, Russia has the largest variety of vaccines among all countries. “We have vaccines for children, for pregnant women, for adults. We have a trend that we are ahead of planet Earth, all [countries] will switch to a four-component vaccine only by 2030, and already this year 70% of children were vaccinated with a four-component vaccine vaccine," he stressed.