On February 2, the Moscow Department of Health simplified the rules for obtaining a medical exemption from vaccination 
The Moscow Health Department simplified the rules for obtaining a medical exemption from vaccinations in the capital on February 2. This was reported on the agency's website.
It is specified that Moscow has become a pilot region for the implementation of a single federal standard for issuing such certificates. Throughout Russia, a similar procedure will work from February 2022. To receive a medical treatment on the portal of public services, you must have a Moscow compulsory medical insurance policy or be attached to the capital's polyclinic.
The Kommersant newspaper was told by the Department of Health that the list of diseases and conditions for a medical treatment indicated in the instructions for vaccines is not long: it is recommended temporarily postpone vaccination in case of acute infectious diseases, exacerbation of serious chronic diseases, with life-threatening and emergency conditions. Also, in some cases, the attending physician can make a decision on a medical withdrawal.
On November 17, Vedomosti found out that medical workers in Russia will have to enter information about people with contraindications to vaccination against COVID-19 in a special database. At the same time, experts warned that it is difficult to accurately count the number of people in this category. According to Sergei Voznesensky, Associate Professor of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the RUDN University, more than 10 percent of the country's adult population may have a medical withdrawal from vaccination. On the other hand, the epidemiologist, professor at the Higher School of Economics Vasily Vlasov is sure that only about 2-3 percent of adult Russians with contraindications account for it.