Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine has 91.6% efficacy against symptomatic coronavirus, interim trial results have suggested, The Guardian reports.
The preliminary findings are based on analysis of data from more than 20,000, mostly white, participants, three-quarters of whom received the vaccine. The remainder received a placebo.
No serious adverse events were deemed...
A possibility of the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in Spain hinges on the approval by the European Medicines Agency, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said in an interview with La Sexta TV channel on Monday.
"The answer to this question is in the...
The world’s average coronavirus infection rate in February has declined by half in contrast to January’s peak, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, TASS reported.
Over the past day the WHO registered 444,500 new coronavirus infection cases, one of the lowest rates since the beginning of this year. Fewer...
Russia has documented 17,648 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the lowest figure since October 28, 2020, TASS reports. The overall case count has reached 3,868,087, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed reporters on Monday.
The daily increase rate has reached 0.46%.
The lowest increase rate has been...
The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to make new expert visits to China in order to study the origins of the novel coronavirus, Vladimir Dedkov, deputy research director at the Saint-Petersburg Pasteur Institute and member of the WHO’s mission to China, told TASS.
" is the first visit, and not...
Almost 300,000 doses of novel coronavirus vaccines will be delivered to Moldova in February within the framework of the global vaccine-sharing mechanism COVAX, the country’s health ministry said on Saturday, TASS writes.
"First batches of COVID-19 vaccines will arrive to the Republic of Moldova in mid-February, namely 24,570 doses of...
Russia confirmed 18,359 new coronavirus cases in the past day and the overall caseload in the country reached 3,850,439, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Sunday, TASS informed.
The average coronavirus growth rate reached 0.48%. The lowest growth rates in the past day were registered in the Tuva Republic...
Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said on Saturday that Moscow and Tehran had signed an agreement for the purchase and joint production of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. The first batch of the vaccine will arrive in Iran by February 7, Jalali told the IRNA news agency, TASS...
A total of 19,238 new COVID-19 cases were registered in Russia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total case count to 3,813,048, the coronavirus prevention anti-crisis center announced Friday.
The case growth rate in the past 24 hours was 0.51%, the statistics say, TASS reports.
In particular, 2,284 cases were...
Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko on Friday said a test system for detecting the coronavirus variant discovered in the UK will soon be available for medical institutions, Reuters reports citing TASS.
Russia has suspended flights to and from Britain until Feb. 1. The ban has been in place since Dec....
