Closing national frontiers to stop the spread of coronavirus was the right decision in January and February, but keeping them closed now makes no sense, according to Alexander Lukashev, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Today reports.
Lukashev, the director of the Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology,...
Alcohol use in Russia has risen by 2-3% in the period of self-isolation measures introduced to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko informed.
"In general, the use of alcoholic beverages has risen by about 2-3%. However, I would like to say that alcohol definitely does...
Dozens of Moscow residents queued on Monday to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at the GUM department store, opposite the Kremlin on Red Square, where the shot is given on a first-come, first-served basis, Reuters reported.
Surrounded by Christmas decorations, with the shop fronts of Chanel and Rolex nearby, Muscovites of...
Russia’s COVID-19 cases rose by 6,615 in the past day reaching 727,162, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Sunday, TASS reported.
According to the crisis center, the daily growth rate in the past six days did not exceed 0.9%.
Some new 679 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Moscow, 293 in...
A new edition of recommendations for coordinating medical treatment for pregnant women, women in labor, and infants with coronavirus infection has been issued by the Russian Ministry of Health, TASS reports.
The document has been distributed to Russian Federation regions, according to the ministry's press service.
Several new sections and additions...
Russia reported 28,284 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 3,050,248 after it crossed the 3 million mark on the previous day, Reuters reports.
Russia’s coronavirus crisis center said 552 coronavirus patients had died in the last 24 hours and the overall national coronavirus...
Global pharmaceutical companies are using disreputable methods to undermine Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday, TASS reported.
"These aspirations are seen not only in the Kremlin. They are visible to the naked eye, as they say," he insisted. According to Peskov, "competition...
Russia confirmed 18,359 new coronavirus cases in the past day and the overall caseload in the country reached 3,850,439, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Sunday, TASS informed.
The average coronavirus growth rate reached 0.48%. The lowest growth rates in the past day were registered in the Tuva Republic...
Russia reported 5,940 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, pushing its total infection tally to 777,486, the fourth largest in the world, Reuters reported.
In a daily readout, officials said 85 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 12,427.
The number of the coronavirus cases in Russia has risen by 270 over the past day to 1,534, with 65 regions affected by the disease, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Sunday, TASS reported.
"Today 1,534 cases have been registered in Russia. Over the past day, 15 people have...
