On the TV channel "Russia-1" in an interview with the program "Moscow. The Kremlin. Putin" Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke about the situation with coronavirus in the armed forces. According to him, thanks to the almost continuous vaccination of military personnel, it is not as acute as in the whole country.
"Lethality is 45 times - times, not percent! - less than the all-Russian indicators. The employment of the bed fund is three times less than last year," Shoigu said. - We can't be loyal here, so to speak.
Because when our ships of the far sea zone go on duty, and if someone infected suddenly appears there, do we need to return the ship? And who will stand on combat duty, who will defend the country? The boat is leaving… These are all serious things, strategic nuclear forces. We have crews who are on combat duty, around the clock. And we cannot allow even the slightest doubt here that we are confidently managing this whole process. Therefore, get vaccinated!", Shoigu concluded.
It is known that the military, their family members and civilian personnel of the Armed Forces are mainly vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine, which was tested by military personnel.
On Sunday, the press service of the Western Military District reported that the army also began using the drug "Kovivak", developed at the M.Chumakov Center.
Yuri Gavrilov