Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov personally drove vaccines from coronavirus for diplomacy staff abroad. About this RBC told the head of the Department of Medium-Health Supplies in the Department of Affairs (Department) MFA Alina Koshenko.
“began vaccination, and often the minister drove the vaccine on his board, and the Deputy Prime Minister drove the vaccine, because there are countries where the planes simply did not fly,” she said. The official added that the result was the most workers in 82 overseas institutions.
On March 3, the official representative of the Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharov warned that the Russians could not get a vaccine from coronavirus in embassies abroad. She explained that diplomances are not medical centers, but “To carry out vaccinations, you need to have the appropriate base.”
In February, Zakharova noted that the vaccination of employees of Russian diplomatic structures abroad and their families are based on the principle of voluntary, the staff can choose an alternative vaccination. Diplomats also take into account the possibility of delivering the Russian vaccine in a particular country or the use of local drugs.