About 35.5 million people in the Russian Federation have been vaccinated against the flu, including almost 12 million children, said the head of the Russian Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murshko, in a meeting with Vladimir Putin. The President of the Russian Federation stated that he himself was immunized against the flu with a Russian medicine. Moreover, the vaccination did not even interfere with his sports activities, the Russian leader emphasized. Morshko also added that every batch of flu vaccine in the Russian Federation undergoes state control, its quality is guaranteed. To date, almost 1.5 million people have been vaccinated in Russia at the expense of their employers. There is no active increase in the incidence of the flu in Israel, the minister added. More IZ RU news in max.