Friday, November 8, 2024
The number of novel coronavirus cases in Russia has risen by 2,186 over the past day, reaching 15,770 in 82 regions, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Sunday, TASS reported. Some 1,291 people have recovered and 130 others have died. "In Russia the cases of coronavirus infection have risen to 15,770...
Additional payouts to Russian health professionals working on “the frontline” of the country’s fight against the coronavirus were announced by President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, Novaya Gazeta reported. Doctors treating coronavirus patients would be paid an additional 80,000 rubles ($1,059) per month, while nurses, ambulance medics and drivers would get...
The head of a top Russian research center told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that his lab was ready to start human trials of experimental coronavirus vaccines in June, RIA Novosti reported. Rinat Maksyutov, head of the Vektor State Virology and Biotechnology Center, said his facility proposed first-phase clinical trials...
Experts interviewed by Izvestia say Russia should set up a center for collecting donor blood plasma from patients who have recovered from a coronavirus infection. Such a center has recently been opened in the United States, where the number of infected people is much greater than in Russia. The plasma...
Russian biopharmaceutical company Generium, located in the Vladimir Region, has registered the first Russian-made coronavirus infection express test, developed by the Medical Biological Union Group, the company announced Monday, according to RBC. "Generium’s innovative coronavirus express test, developed by the Medical Biological Union, has been registered by the Russian Federal...
Serbia received 11 planes with medical equipment from Russia in the last two days, to help the country’s fight against coronavirus, Reuters reported. The supplies include ventilators and medicine and are part of an agreement between presidents Aleksandar Vucic and Vladimir Putin, the Serbian Defense Ministry reportedly said. “On Friday, the...
The number of people infected with a new coronavirus infection in Russia has grown by 658 over the past 24 hours and now stands at 5,389 in 79 regions of the country. At present, 355 people have recovered, 45 people have died, said reporters on Sunday at the operations...
Sheremetyevo International Airport has taken additional measures to protect passengers and prevent the importation and spread of the COVID-19 virus in Russia, PRNewswire reported. These measures will implement the directives of the Operational Headquarters of the Government of the Russian Federation on the prevention of the importation and spread of new coronavirus infection,...
A coronavirus-shaped pendant was launched this week by a small Russian company specializing in science and medicine-themed ornaments, in a move that has drawn accusations of insensitivity by some, The Moscow Times reports. When the first microscopic images of the coronavirus emerged a few months ago, Dr Vorobev, a jewelry...
A planeload of medical supplies from Russia was sent to the United States on Wednesday under an agreement between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, The Guardian reported. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement that the supplies, including masks, ventilators and personal protective equipment, were...