Russia reported 8,697 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 2,699 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 4,823,255, Reuters reported.
The government coronavirus task force said 342 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes in the past 24 hours, pushing Russia's death toll to 110,862.
The federal...
The immunity developed after Russian vaccines currently protects from all strains of coronavirus, Sputnik reports, citing Anna Popova, head of Rospotrebnadzor.
"The immunity developed after Russian vaccines protects today from all known variants and mutations," Popova told the Rossiya 24 broadcaster.
Immunity after vaccination against coronavirus lasts 10-12 months, it is...
Russia reported 9,270 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 3,208 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 4,814,558, Reuters reports.
The government coronavirus task force said 392 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes in the past 24 hours, pushing the national death toll to 110,520.
The...
Russia confirmed 9,284 COVID-19 cases over the past day and the total case tally hit 4,796,557, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Thursday, TASS reports.
This is a new high since April 17 when 9,321 coronavirus cases were registered.
The growth rate reached 0.19% in relative terms.
The lowest growth rates...
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard on Wednesday played down delays in shipments of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine during a trip to Moscow where he worked out a deal to produce the shot domestically to speed up its rollout.
Mexico has relied heavily on foreign vaccines, including Sputnik, to supplement its...
Doses of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine sent to Slovakia in March will have to be kept in storage for at least another month, after Moscow asked for some doses to be sent back for testing, Slovakia’s health ministry said on Wednesday.
Slovakia received the 200,000 doses at the beginning...
Russia's relatively low rate of vaccination so far is linked to demand, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, adding it would grow in line with demand while supply of doses was strong and distribution was working fine, Reuters reports.
Asked why Russia is not in a leading position globally...
Russia will soon supply a large batch of medical aid to India to help it combat the novel coronavirus, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, as reported by TASS.
"The Russian leadership has made a decision in the spirit of friendship and especially privileged strategic partnership...
Russian pharmaceutical firm Pharmasyntez said on Monday it was ready to ship up to 1 million packs of the remdesivir antiviral drug to India by end-May to help fight a surge in COVID-19 cases there, once it has received the approval of Russia’s government, Reuters reports.
The move comes soon...
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) has not allowed the import and use of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in the country, TASS reports.
The decision was approved by all members of the regulator’s board at a meeting on Monday broadcast on the YouTube portal.
"I want to stress that this...
