As Izvestia was informed in the State Duma Committee on Health Protection, the government bill “On Amendments to Art. 9 of the Federal Law “On Immunoprophylaxis of Infectious Diseases” may be adopted by the end of the year.
“From a technical and legal point of view, today the bill is ready for adoption in the second and third readings. I think that we will consider it in the near future. The main goal that he pursues is to determine the procedure for financing vaccinations. Today, money for the vaccination campaign of the Russian population is allocated from the Government’s Reserve Fund, after the adoption of these norms, they will come from the federal budget, “First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma for Health Protection Fedot Tumusov told Izvestia.
According to him, if the bill is passed, then vaccination against COVID-19 will become mandatory for some categories of professions. We are talking about, among other things, medical workers, teachers employed in trade. However, for the rest of the population, vaccination will remain voluntary, the parliamentarian said.
Another deputy chairman of the State Duma Health Protection Committee, Aleksey Kurinny, also confirmed to Izvestia that the document was being prepared for consideration.
“In the plan of our committee, consideration of this bill is in November. I personally have no such information that they want to move it again. The factions have already prepared their amendments to it, ”the deputy confirmed.
According to him, about 40 regions have already introduced compulsory vaccination for a number of categories of citizens, therefore, in fact, the norms of the bill are already in effect in Russia.
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