Yabloko urges Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to allow foreign vaccines against COVID-19 to be imported into Russia
Address by the Yabloko Bureau, 1.06.2021
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Appeal of the Federal Bureau of the Yabloko Party to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin
Respected Mikhail Vladimirovich,
In the situation of the obvious “third wave” of the coronavirus pandemic, measures for protection of citizens from the disease, and first of all, their vaccination, come on the forefront.
In order to increase the possibilities of the citizens of Russia for protection of their health and lives, I am asking you to give your order to urgently register and authorise the imports and use in the Russian Federation of vaccines against coronavirus infection, that are developed and produced outside the Russian Federation and approved by the World Health Organisation or registered by the European Medicines Agency.
In this case, these vaccines could be purchased and offered to citizens by different medical organisations, private ones inclusive.
Citizens who have doubts about the vaccines available in Russia should have the right to choose and an alternative.
We believe that this step could also help in resolving the issue of registration of Russian vaccines abroad.
Nikolai Rybakov,
Yabloko Chairman
Posted: July 2nd, 2021 under Healthcare, Social Policies.