MOSCOW, October 19. /TASS/. Measures of epidemiological safety, introduced over the global spread of the novel coronavirus, are still partly in place in the Kremlin, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS on Wednesday.

"Yes, they are still partly in place, including the safety measures in regard to all events with the participation of the president," Peskov said. "We undergo testing [for COVID-19] quite frequently. They [safety restrictions] are still in place to some extent."

Asked whether President Vladimir Putin intended to receive a follow-up anti-COVID jab Peskov said: "We had no information on this issue as of yet."

Russia’s anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Tuesday that the country’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 9,474 over the previous day to over 21,324,430. In absolute terms, the number of cases has been the lowest since July 27, when 9,027 cases were registered.

President Putin was vaccinated against COVID-19 in the spring of 2021. The first component was administered on March 23, the second - on April 15. Later, the president said he was vaccinated with Sputnik V.

The president underwent his first revaccination on November 21, 2021, and participated in the trials of the nasal anti-coronavirus vaccine on the following day.