Saturday, April 27, 2024
The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Russia over the past 24 hours has increased by 12,953, TASS reports. The total number of infections has reached 4,151,984, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told journalists on Saturday. According to the crisis center, the relative increase in new infections amounts to 0.31%. The lowest...
The European Medicines Agency has started a rolling review of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, bne IntelliNews reports, citing the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). After being widely derided last year after the Russian authorities rushed through its registration before trials were complete, sentiment towards Russia’s first vaccine has improved...
A third wave of coronavirus can hit Russia in late April or early May, leading researcher of the Gamaleya Center Fyodor Lisitsin believes, TASS reports. "If expect it at all, a third wave can be expected in late April or early May and it will last at least one or...
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...
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...
By the fall, 60 percent of Russia's adult population would be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko. Murashko points out that in order to achieve this aim, vaccines must be available, and vaccination centers' hours of operation must be convenient for the general public. He went...
On Sunday, Russia reported 17,611 new COVID-19 cases, including 8,305 in Moscow, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in Russia to 5,316,826 since the outbreak began, Reuters reports. At least 450 individuals died of coronavirus-related causes in the last 24 hours, according to the government's coronavirus task group, bringing...
Analysts believe that the spread of the Indian strain of the delta coronavirus in the EU may not require the introduction of lockdowns, but, nevertheless, this strain poses a threat to the pace of economic recovery, Russian media reported. According to experts, the situation in the UK is a good...
Russia verified 23,811 COVID-19 instances in the last day, increasing the overall number of cases to 6,078,522, according to the anti-coronavirus crisis center. In relative terms, the number of COVID instances in Russia increased by 0.39 percent. The number of reported COVID patients in Moscow increased by 3,425 in the last 24 hours,...
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Wednesday that the single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine against coronavirus has proven 93.5 percent efficacy in Paraguay, based on the statistics from the South American country's immunization program. Sputnik Light, created by the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow, showed a 79.4 percent effectiveness rate when it was...