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Moscow’s authorities plan to minimize restrictive measures by summer if the present situation with the coronavirus remains, Deputy Moscow Mayor for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations Vladimir Yefimov reported on Thursday, TASS writes. "We hope that if the current situation with the spread of the coronavirus infection remains,...
Egypt has approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, becoming the 34th country outside of Russia and third in North Africa to do so, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a statement on Wednesday, Reuters reports. RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund responsible for marketing the vaccine abroad, said...
Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 11,749 in the past day reaching 4,200,902, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Wednesday, TASS reported. For a second day in the row fewer than 12,000 daily coronavirus cases were recorded. In relative terms, the growth rate stood at 0.3%. The lowest growth rates in...
A more contagious coronavirus strain VOC 202012/01 that was initially detected in the UK has been reported in seven more countries over the past week, bringing the total to 101. The 501Y.V2 strain, first detected in South Africa, has spread to 41 countries, and the P.1 strain that was...
The number of people infected with coronavirus in Russia per day increased by 11,823, this is at least the number of new cases since October 8, TASS reported. The total number of infected has reached 4.1 mln, the federal operational headquarters for the fight against the new disease told reporters...
The Russian embassy in Austria has conveyed to the Austrian government information about readiness of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to produce the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in the country, Russian Ambassador Dmitry Lyubinsky told TASS on Saturday. "I can confirm that the government of Austria was informed on...
Russia’s COVID-19 cases hit below 100,000 this week, for the first time since early October 2020, according to TASS estimates based on the anti-coronavirus crisis center’s data. From February 15 to 21, the crisis center reported 92,843 coronavirus cases (compared to 104,602 a week earlier). Last time Russia registered fewer...
Russia’s Vector State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology has received more than 45 inquiries from foreign countries for tests and possible production of its anti-coronavirus vaccine, Epivaccorona, the Center’s director, Rinat Maksyutov said on Sunday, TASS informed. "We have more than 45 inquiries from abroad, from various funds and...
Sheremetyevo International Airport has received the Russian Air Gateway 2021 National Award as the “Best Airport - Meeting Challenges 2020.” The award ceremony was held on February 9 as part of the business program of the VIII National Exhibition of Civil Aviation Infrastructure NAIS-2021 and was timed to coincide...
Russia’s COVID-19 cases hit below 100,000 this week, for the first time since early October 2020, according to TASS estimates based on the anti-coronavirus crisis center’s data. From February 15 to 21, the crisis center reported 92,843 coronavirus cases (compared to 104,602 a week earlier). Last time Russia registered fewer...