Clinical trials of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus begin in Russia on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said, TASS reports.
"The Russian Defense Ministry and the Gamalei National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology are beginning clinical trials of the Russian vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection," the ministry...
Russia’s coronavirus fatalities grew by 168 in the past 24 hours climbing to 10,027, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Saturday. The daily growth rate was 1.7%, which is significantly less than in late May and early June, TASS reports.
The conditional mortality rate stands at 1.49%, according to the...
The number of people in Russia diagnosed with COVID-19 grew by 5,842 in the past 24 hours, fewer than 6,000 cases have been reported for two days in a row, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Tuesday.
According to the crisis center, the number of infected people has climbed to...
Russian medics have revealed the results of the pilot part of phases two and three of clinical trials of Avifavir, a domestic favipiravir-based drug capable of suppressing the coronavirus. It accelerated the removal of the coronavirus from the body in more than half of patients and didn’t cause any...
Russia’s coronavirus cases grew by 4,828 in the past day, taking the total case tally in the country to 937,321, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Wednesday, TASS reported.
According to its data, the daily growth rate did not exceed 0.5% for the fourth day in a row.
Some 691...
In the past 24 hours, 4,729 new COVID-19 cases were registered in Russia, which makes the total case count 1,000,048, the operational headquarters told journalists Monday, TASS reported.
According to the HQ, the daily increase rate has stayed below 0.5% for 17 days already.
The lowest case growth rates were registered...
Russia has recruited sufficient participants for its large-scale COVID-19 vaccine trial, known as a Phase III trial, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, which is backing the vaccine, said on Monday, Reuters reported.
“In just two weeks, 55,000 volunteers have already been recruited in Moscow,” said Kirill Dmitriev, head...
The Avifavir coronavirus drug price in pharmacies will be about 8,000 rubles ($103.9), being approximately 30% lower than the price of foreign counterparts, chief executive of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev said at a press conference on Thursday, TASS reported.
"Our price will be about eight thousand...
Sheremetyevo Airport and ArchiMed laboratory have expanded opportunities for passengers and visitors to be tested for COVID-19 in response to increased demand for the testing services. Express diagnostics for COVID-19 are now available at the health centers of terminals B, D and E, with an additional testing facility in...
After a strict lockdown last spring, the introduction of a second coronavirus quarantine in Russia has the potential to result in severe economic hardship and psychological suffering, which could eventually lead to mass unrest, RT writes.
That’s according to Fyodor Lisitsyn, a senior specialist at Moscow’s Gamaleya Research Institute of...
