Russia has documented 8,173 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the lowest figure since September 28, 2020. The overall case count has reached 4,657,883, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed reporters on Tuesday.
The daily increase rate has reached 0.18%, TASS reports.
In the past 24 hours, 1,782...
Deliveries of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V to Turkey may begin within four or five months, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Monday, Sputnik reports.
"We initially chose three vaccines: Sputnik V, Pfizer/BioNTech and Sinovac from China. Phase 3 trials of the last two vaccines were carried out in...
The situation is worsening in those Russian regions, which made decisions on lifting COVID-19 restrictions, and deterioration is such cases is inevitable, Russia’s chief sanitary doctor Anna Popova said, as reported by TASS.
"Two weeks after such decisions we again see a growing incidence rate among senior citizens and...
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) announces that Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus in the country. India has become the 60th country to approve Sputnik V, the producer said in a statement.
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The fund behind Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said on Thursday that Slovakia should return doses received from Russia due to contract violations, after Slovakia’s drug agency raised issues with the shot, Reuters reported.
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), responsible for marketing the vaccine abroad, said on the shot’s...
Russia’s Sputnik V shot is less effective against the South African COVID-19 variant but still does better than other vaccines, the lead scientist behind it was quoted by Reuters.
“With regards to the ‘South African’ variant, the effectiveness of the antibodies produced by Sputnik V, like all other vaccines, against...
The Russian Health Ministry has authorized phase 1 and 2 clinical trials of EpiVacCorona-N, one more coronavirus vaccine developed by the Vector research center, according to the ministry's register, Sputnik News reports.
"An open study of the safety, tolerability, reactogenicity and immunizing power of the EpiVacCorona-N peptide antigen-based vaccine for...
Russian medical workers have conducted more than 123 million coronavirus tests, Russia’s Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing said on Friday.
"More than 123 million coronavirus tests have been conducted in the Russian Federation," its press service reported. As many as 340,000 tests were conducted...
The Russian State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector has started developing a new coronavirus vaccine in the form of nasal drops, which will help produce immunity right at the "entrance gate" of the infection, Vector General Director Rinat Maksyutov said in an interview with Sputnik.
"Yes, we have...
Russia on Thursday reported 8,672 new COVID-19 cases, including 2,024 in Moscow, pushing the national case tally to 4,614,834 since the pandemic began, Reuters reports.
The government coronavirus taskforce said that 365 people had died in the last 24 hours, taking its death toll to 101,845.
