At least seven people in the Far East Russian republic of Sakha have died from drinking hand sanitizer at a party, authorities and news reports have said.
Nine people consumed the hand rub from a five-liter container that they purchased from a local store, the regional branch of consumer safety...
Last week, the developers of the world's first vaccine against coronavirus announced that the price of Sputnik V would be much lower than that of vaccines developed by U.S. pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna.
Russia plans to start mass vaccination against COVID-19 in 2021 and it will be voluntary, Deputy...
Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective, its developers said Tuesday as Russia seeks a leading role in the high-stakes global race for a safe, effective vaccine that can end the deadly pandemic, The Moscow Times reported.
The calculations were based on preliminary data obtained 42 days after volunteers...
Russia will charge less for its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine than rivals as Moscow aims to produce more than 1 billion doses at home and abroad next year, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
Details of the exact pricing are expected later on Tuesday,...
Russia’s coronavirus cases rose by 24,326 to 2,138,828 in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Tuesday, TASS reported.
The number of new daily cases has been higher than 24,000 for five days in a row.
According to the crisis center, the coronavirus growth rate remained at or...
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin told G20 leaders on Saturday that Russia was ready to provide its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to other countries who need it, Reuters reported.
Russia is also preparing its second and third vaccine, Putin said, adding that the creation of vaccine portfolio was “our common goal”.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Russia over the past 24 hours has increased by 25,173, bringing the total to 2,114,502, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Monday, TASS reported.
This is the new record high number of infections in the country. The previous record high of 24,822...
Russia’s coronavirus cases grew by 24,581 in the past day to a total of 2,089,329, the crisis center told reporters on Sunday, TASS informed.
In the past three days, the number of new cases of infection exceeded 24,000. According to the crisis center, the average growth rate over the past...
Nearly 35 million cases of infectious diseases are registered in Russia yearly, with children accounting for up to 80% of such cases, Yuri Lobzin, director of the research and clinical center for children’s infectious diseases of the Russian Medical Biological Agency, said on Friday, TASS informs.
"Infections are a permanent...
Phase 3 of the clinical trial of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has shown that it is highly effective, the head of the Health Ministry's department for medical help to children, Elena Baibarina said, as reported by Sputnik.
"Phase 3, which is currently underway, shows that the effectiveness is very,...
