Leading Russian food retailer X5 Retail Group has begun installing self-checkout (SCO) machines developed in-house at its Pyaterochka proximity stores to help with Russia’s social distancing efforts, the company said in a statement, according to bne Intellinews.
“Through the mass implementation of self-service technologies, X5 seeks to minimize contact between...
Chinese cities near the border with Russia said on Sunday they would tighten border controls and quarantine measures on arrivals from abroad after the number of imported coronavirus cases hit a record high, Bloomberg Quint reports.
New daily confirmed cases in mainland China reached 99 on April 11, almost doubling...
The number of novel coronavirus cases in Russia has risen by 2,186 over the past day, reaching 15,770 in 82 regions, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Sunday, TASS reported.
Some 1,291 people have recovered and 130 others have died.
"In Russia the cases of coronavirus infection have risen to 15,770...
The head of a top Russian research center told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that his lab was ready to start human trials of experimental coronavirus vaccines in June, RIA Novosti reported.
Rinat Maksyutov, head of the Vektor State Virology and Biotechnology Center, said his facility proposed first-phase clinical trials...
Experts interviewed by Izvestia say Russia should set up a center for collecting donor blood plasma from patients who have recovered from a coronavirus infection.
Such a center has recently been opened in the United States, where the number of infected people is much greater than in Russia. The plasma...
Sheremetyevo International Airport has taken additional measures to protect passengers and prevent the importation and spread of the COVID-19 virus in Russia, PRNewswire reported.
These measures will implement the directives of the Operational Headquarters of the Government of the Russian Federation on the prevention of the importation and spread of new coronavirus infection,...
A coronavirus-shaped pendant was launched this week by a small Russian company specializing in science and medicine-themed ornaments, in a move that has drawn accusations of insensitivity by some, The Moscow Times reports.
When the first microscopic images of the coronavirus emerged a few months ago, Dr Vorobev, a jewelry...
A planeload of medical supplies from Russia was sent to the United States on Wednesday under an agreement between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, The Guardian reported.
State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement that the supplies, including masks, ventilators and personal protective equipment, were...
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has instructed Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin to use the city’s mobile networks to monitor lockdown compliance, RBC reported.
A relevant order was published on the government’s website following a meeting of the Coordination Council on Coronavirus Response.
"Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has to ensure the monitoring...
