Up to 25% of industrial complex workers in Russia vaccinated against COVID-19

Up to 25% of industrial complex workers in Russia vaccinated against COVID-19

The Russian Trade and Industry Ministry supports a required vaccination against the novel coronavirus among workers of the national industry complex and almost 25% of them already received anti-COVID-19 jabs, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said on Monday.

Asked by a TASS correspondent whether he was backing an initiative of a mandatory vaccination against the novel coronavirus, Manturov replied: "Definitely, yes."

"This is because it is in the interests of the work efficiency of the industrial spheres, which we are responsible for as the ministry," he said.

"The State Industry Information System [SIIS] is now monitoring a situation regarding the process of the [anti-COVID-19] vaccination process at industrial enterprises and we have now information regarding some of the enterprises in 22 industrial sectors," Manturov continued.

"According to our data, eight percent of the overall staff already recovered from the virus, almost 25% were vaccinated and 16% are willing to get vaccinated. It turns out that over 30% of the staff [in the national industrial complex] is already safeguarded," the minister said adding that only 2.5% showed medical contradictions to the vaccination.

"I believe that considering the current dynamics the rate [of the vaccinated people] may soon surpass the figure of 50%," the minister said. "It may provide guarantees that the [industrial] enterprises will not be idling due to its employees’ sick leaves."

"The priority task for employers is to inform and motivate their employees to get vaccinated, but certainly within the legal frames," Manturov added.

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