The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was dismayed by Russia's slow rate of COVID-19 vaccinations as a surge in coronavirus cases prompted several regions to impose new restrictions and ramp up hospital capacity.
The government task force reported more than 14,700 infections on Sunday, the largest one-day tally since February. Tuesday's case load of 14,185 was almost as high, with 6,805 of them in Moscow.
Russia began rolling out its Sputnik V shot in December and it was rapidly opened up to everyone in Moscow, but take-up has been slow. Moscow plans to give away cars in a prize draw for those who get the shot to encourage vaccination. That is a far lower share of the population than in Western countries. Russia has been exporting vaccine doses, and the authorities say the problem is not supply but demand.
"We're now seeing a similar pattern to last year's spring wave. First there was an increase in Europe, a few weeks later in central Russia, and 2-3 weeks after that in large cities of Primorye," said the local health minister.
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