An international team of scientists has found that those with a special variant of the gene that regulates the functions of the immune system are twice as likely to get on mechanical ventilation when infected with COVID-19, Izvestia reported.
The co-authors of the study from Russia clarified that such people...
Russians may soon be allowed to get vaccinations that are not approved by the government, according to the business daily Kommersant, which cites a Health Ministry suggestion that is open for public debate.
Vaccines such as Pfizer and Moderna as well as Chinese vaccines like Sinopharm and Sinovac may now...
About 33% of Russians admitted that they are experiencing difficulties with the purchase of medicine - last year this figure was 10% lower, a study conducted by the Research Institute of Public Health named after N.A. Semashko and Pharmprobeg stated.
The main purpose of the study was to study the...
In Russia, coronavirus infections are again on the rise. The potential of a fourth COVID-19 wave has been discussed by authorities in Moscow and elsewhere. According to the experts, an overnight spike of diseases is likely and, according to Kommersant, will persist for many weeks.
In the light of the...
Dmitry Peskov, the President of Russia's Press Secretary, remarked on the rise in coronavirus cases in the nation. According to him, the head of state's administration is not considering the possibility of imposing a state of emergency in the nation, Kommersant writes.
Recall that yesterday night, for the first time...
The Cabinet of Ministers of Russia at a meeting on Thursday approved the provision of one-time insurance payment to medical staff working with patients who have confirmed the presence of COVID-19 and patients with suspected coronavirus infection, according to the website of the Russian government.
The message says that the...
New medicines from the category of monoclonal virus-neutralizing antibodies have started to be utilized in Moscow hospitals; such treatments are used all over the globe to treat patients at an early point of coronavirus development, according to the Moscow headquarters, quoting deputy mayor Anastasia Rakova.
First and foremost, such treatment...
The number of COVID-19 instances in Russia increased by 18,841 in the previous 24 hours, according to the anti-coronavirus crisis center, TASS reports.
Russia marked growth of 0.26 percent, the crisis center informed.
Russia has recorded the largest number of active COVID-19 infections since the outbreak began, standing at 564,813.
The mortality fatality rate from the coronavirus...
Coronavirus strains are now spreading in Russia, according to specialists from the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing. As from September 2021, the Delta strain, including several lineages that have split from it, is the dominant one, Izvestia writes. The same variants are quickly...
The safest way to protect yourself from covid is vaccination, Oksana Drapkina, chief freelance specialist of the Russian Ministry of Health for therapy and general practice said, Russian media reported.
Although stronger immunity is developed after an illness, it is better to be vaccinated and not get sick, the doctor...
