Russia: Locals queue to get COVID jabs at St Petersburg shopping mall

Subscribe to our channel! Saint Peterburg residents stood in line to get their coronavirus vaccinations amid an outbreak in Russia, as seen in the shopping mall “Europolis“ on Saturday. “I was vaccinated a long time ago and just now I persuaded my daughter, realizing that it is necessary. Also, Sputnik V is the vaccine that has already passed the third stage of testing, which means it works,“ said local resident Larisa. Another citizen Bogdan noted that he came for vaccination of his own free will, due to the fact that later he may be obliged to be vaccinated. The authorities of St. Petersburg announced obligatory vaccination of 65 percent of officials on Saturday. According to the operational headquarters, 996 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected in St. Petersburg over the last 24 hours. Also, 17,906 new cases of the disease were registered on Friday. SOUNDBITES: SOT, Larisa, Resident of St. Petersburg (Russia