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Moscow begins booster vaccine campaign as Russia's COVID-19 cases surge

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/07/01/russia.jpg"/><figcaption>A migrant worker receives a jab while being injected with the one-dose Sputnik Light vaccine against COVID-19 in a vaccination center at a city market in Moscow, Russia, June 30, 2021. <em>Tatyana Makeyeva, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MOSCOW - Health clinics in Moscow will begin offering booster vaccine shots against COVID-19 on Thursday, the city&#x27;s mayor said, as Russian officials scrambled to contain a surge in cases blamed on the highly infectious Delta variant.</p><p>The health ministry on Wednesday said revaccination would begin on July 1, news agencies reported, making Russia one of the first countries in the world to officially launch a booster shot program for people already fully vaccinated against the virus.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/06/30/21/europe-covid-cases-delta-variant">COVID cases rise again in Europe with Delta variant</a></li></ul><p>Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said revaccination was available with any of Russia&#x27;s 4 registered vaccines, but that the flagship Sputnik V and the one-component Sputnik Light would initially be used at 8 clinics across the city.</p><p>The health ministry on Wednesday issued new regulations that officially recommended revaccination, news agencies said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/06/28/21/covid-19-curbs-reimposed-in-moscow-as-asia-pacific-outbreaks-flare">COVID-19 curbs reimposed in Moscow as Asia-Pacific outbreaks flare</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1717978" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Health clinics in Moscow will begin offering booster vaccine shots against COVID-19 on Thursday, the city's mayor said, as Russian officials scramble to contain a surge in cases blamed on the highly infectious Delta variant.<br /> </p>

Health clinics in Moscow will begin offering booster vaccine shots against COVID-19 on Thursday, the city's mayor said, as Russian officials scramble to contain a surge in cases blamed on the highly infectious Delta variant.