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Soviet actor Basilashvili called Russians who refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus traitors to the country

June 25, 2021 14.38

Basilashvili fell ill with COVID-19 in the winter of 2021
Photo: kino-teatr.ru

86-year-old Soviet and Russian actor Oleg Basilashvili reacted to the statement of his colleague Yegor Beroev, who spoke with a yellow star on the lapel of his jacket in defense of Russians unwilling to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, including himself. Basilashvili an opinion expressed on June 23 in comments to the Russian edition of "KP.ru" .

According to the 86-year-old actor, people who evade vaccinations are cheating on their country, as they "infect other people and create a threatening state of emergency."

Basilashvili believes that Russians who avoid vaccination against coronavirus "are doing their bit in the fight against their own people."
At the same time, he noted that it is not worth vaccinating those who are not recommended to do this by doctors.

Context:

An outbreak of coronavirus infection began at the end of 2019 in China. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization  declared the spread of the coronavirus a pandemic .

On June 12, 2021, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced non-working days from June 15 to June 19  with the preservation of wages for employees . The decision was made due to the increase in cases of COVID-19.

On June 16, the city authorities  introduced mandatory vaccination  against COVID-19 for trade and service workers. The authorities of the Russian Federation do not plan to carry out mandatory vaccination on a national scale yet.

Russian actor Yegor Beroev on June 22, during a public speech at the Tefi television award ceremony,  spoke in defense of unvaccinated people , stressing that he himself had not been vaccinated. During the performance, a yellow star was attached to the lapel of his jacket, similar to those that the Nazis forced Jews to wear as a distinctive feature.

As of June 25, about 5.4 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Russian Federation. 132 thousand people died from this disease.  This is  evidenced by the  data of the Federal Operational Headquarters for the fight against coronavirus. Among those who have recovered from COVID-19 is Basilashvili - he  contracted the coronavirus in the winter of 2021 and was hospitalized .

Tags: Russia , vaccination , Oleg Basilashvili , SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 coronavirus , pandemic , Yegor Beroev

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