The Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune and Biological Products in Russia can develop a new vaccine against the COVID-19 Delta form within a year, according to the center's Director General Aidar Ishmukhametov, TASS reports.
Ishmukhametov said that the center's CoviVac vaccine was 80% effective against...
Russia has started testing its coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V on volunteers aged over 60, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko told Sputnik on Friday.
"We have launched trials of the Sputnik V vaccine, developed by the Russian Health Ministry's Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, on volunteers who are older than...
Russia’s EpiVacCorona coronavirus vaccine is safe and effective, according to the results of clinical trials published in the Infection and Immunity journal, the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing said in a statement on Thursday.
On March 24, the journal published the results of the...
Phase 3 of the clinical trial of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has shown that it is highly effective, the head of the Health Ministry's department for medical help to children, Elena Baibarina said, as reported by Sputnik.
"Phase 3, which is currently underway, shows that the effectiveness is very,...
Russian Trade Minister Denis Manturov said he had been inoculated with the Russian vaccine Sputnik V and had a slightly higher temperature in the first day, Sputnik News reported.
The minister called the research institute that developed the vaccine daily to report on how he was feeling.
"On the first day,...
Russia’s crude oil production will go down by around 10% in 2020 due to OPEC+ restrictions compared with 2019 when it reached the record 560.2 million tons, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said at a meeting on energy development issues headed by President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
"Currently companies are preparing...
A 20% increase in revenue in February 2020 year-on-year was recorded by Russian pharmacies, even before the coronavirus pandemic reached its current proportions, Izvestia reported on Monday, citing data provided in a monthly report from DSM Group agency.
The volume of the commercial drug market amounted to 100.9 billion rubles ($1.26 billion)...
Russia confirmed 9,299 new COVID-19 cases in the past day, bringing the total case tally to 4,456,869, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Sunday.
In relative terms, the growth rate reached 0.2%, according to TASS.
The lowest growth rates in the past day were recorded in the Magadan Region (0.04%)...
Russia confirmed 16,474 coronavirus cases in the past day and the total case tally hit 3,901,204, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Wednesday, TASS writes. The average growth rate reached 0.42%.
The lowest growth rates were registered in the past day in the Tuva Republic (0.03%), the Altai Republic,...
Over the course of 2020, life expectancy for those living in Russia fell by more than two years, with the coronavirus death toll setting back ambitious government plans to consistently raise citizens’ average life spans, RT reported.
Last week, a draft government report on demographics was published by the May...
