The main advantages of EpiVacCorona, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector in the Russian city of Novosibirsk, are its effectiveness, safety and simplicity of production, the center's Director-General Rinat Maksyutov said on Monday.
"The expected advantage of this vaccine compared to other...
As many as 507 coronavirus deaths were recorded in Russia in the past 24 hours, up from 491 the day before, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Wednesday, TASS informs.
The coronavirus death toll has climbed to 37,538.
According to data from the crisis center, 1.74% of coronavirus patients have died...
Senior citizens over 60 years old will be eligible to receive Russia Sputnik V vaccine against the novel coronavirus after New Year, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the Gamaleya research center that developed the vaccine, said on Monday, adding that trials on this age group are close to completion.
Currently,...
Russia reported 9,709 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, a rise from 9,200 new cases reported the previous day, Reuters reported.
Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said the overall number of cases nationwide stood at 281,752. It added that 94 people had died over the last 24 hours, bringing...
The coronavirus situation in Russia is continuing to deteriorate, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova told a meeting on Wednesday of senior government officials and President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported.
Golikova said there was a critical situation in 16 Russian regions, where hospital beds were at more than 90% of capacity.
Russia’s...
Argentina, one of the first nations to utilize Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine broadly, has increased pressure on Moscow over delays in receiving second doses, which are delaying the South American country's vaccination program, Reuters reports.
The government of Argentina wrote to the Russian government firm RDIF on July 7 to request...
Russia’s coronavirus cases rose by 16,048 in the past day, a record low since October 22, and the total case tally hit 3,967,281, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Sunday.
The average growth rate in new cases reached 0.41%, TASS reports.
The lowest growth rates were registered in the past...
The example of influenza shows that a vaccine against the novel coronavirus will not be a panacea for that virus, President of the Dmitry Rogachev National Medical Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology and Chief Freelance Pediatric Hematologist and Oncologist of the Russian Ministry of Health Alexander...
The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Russia over the past 24 hours has increased by 27,543, a record high nationwide since the beginning of the pandemic, TASS reported.
The total number of the coronavirus infections has risen to 2,215,533, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told journalists on Friday.
The previous record...
The number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in the past day in Russia reached 9,035, taking the total case tally in the country to 414,878, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said Monday, as reported by TASS.
According to the data, the number of daily COVID-19 cases surpassed 9,000 for the second day...
