Information about the reduction of the validity period of vaccination certificates turned out to be unreliable 
Messages about the reduction of the validity period of vaccination certificates in Russia turned out to be unreliable.
On Monday, November 8, Russia approved a new form of vaccination certificates. Against the background of these messages in social networks and the media, false information appeared about the reduction of the validity period of these certificates. In the document published on the official Internet portal, there is no information confirming this data.
The appearance of messages about the reduction of the validity period of vaccination certificates is associated with data on the State Services portal – a number of users have noticed messages that that the certificate is valid for six months instead of a year, as before. The hotline of the official portal of the Russian government about the coronavirus reported that the shortened validity periods of the certificates appeared due to technical work on the State Services portal.
The information was also denied by the Ministry of Digital and the Ministry of Health of Russia. The ministries assured that the QR codes that Russians receive on the State Services portal after being vaccinated against COVID are valid for the entire period. “This happened in connection with the technical work that was carried out on the portal of State Services. Now the portal is operating normally, QR codes are being restored, ”the government noted.
Messages about the reduction of the validity period of certificates were widely disseminated in the media. At the same time, the publications also published explanations of the government and the headquarters regarding the situation that arose.