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Forty homeless people in Saint Petersburg received coronavirus vaccine jabs on Sunday, under a charity initiative that has received the backing of local officials. Here there are many people at risk. It is important for them to be vaccinated, said Taysia Suvorova, of the Nochlezhka non-governmental that organisation provides aid to the homeless in Russia s second city.
The 40 people receiving the vaccine are currently housed by the charity.
According to official figures, there are 15,000 homeless people in the former imperial capital, out of a total population of five million.
Nochlezhka believes the real figure is at least double that. Some people have been saying controversial things about the vaccine, but I think there are more advantages than negatives, 57-year-old Galina Ivanovna told AFP, after receiving the first dose of the vaccine.
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Homeless people in Russian city receive coronavirus vaccine
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Russia has started inoculating homeless people for coronavirus in the city of Saint Petersburg
The vaccine drive is taking place under a charity initiative that has received the backing of local officials
According to official figures, there are 15,000 homeless people in Saint Petersburg
SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian on Sunday announced that it has started inoculating homeless people for coronavirus in the city of Saint Petersburg under a charity initiative that has received the backing of local officials. Here there are many people at risk. It is important for them to be vaccinated, said Taysia Suvorova, of the Nochlezhka non-governmental that organisation provides aid to the homeless in Russia´s second city.
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