Police in Russia shot dead a 16-year-old teenager in the Muslim-majority Tatarstan region after he tried to set fire to a local police station and stabbed a police officer, Russian investigators said on Friday, Reuters reports.
Russia’s Investigative Committee, which handles major crimes, said in statement it was treating the...
Russia has temporarily paused the vaccination of new volunteers in its COVID-19 vaccine trial, staff at eight of 25 trial clinics said, with some citing high demand and a shortage of doses, Reuters reported.
However, the vaccine’s developer said the uptake of new participants had only slowed.
At eight of the...
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia’s healthcare system was under “maximum” pressure due to COVID-19 and that more than 90% of hospital beds in some regions were full, Reuters reported.
Russia’s daily tally of coronavirus cases surged to a record high of 17,717 on Thursday. Authorities also reported a...
Russia’s coronavirus cases rose by 17,717 in the past day, a record high since the start of the pandemic, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Thursday.
The country’s total case tally grew to 1,581,693. The average growth rate climbed to 1.1%, TASS reported.
The lowest growth rate in the past day...
No plans are in place to introduce overwhelming restrictions in Russia due to the coronavirus pandemic, President Vladimir Putin says on Thursday, as reported by TASS.
"We do not plan to introduce restrictive measures across the board, launch the so-called ‘nation-wide lockdown', when the economy, the business operation is actually...
There is no plan to introduce a nationwide lockdown despite a surge in coronavirus infections in Russia, as the government perfectly understands what steps need to be taken, President Vladimir Putin said at the Russia Calling investment forum, The Moscow Times reported.
Russia is ready to produce COVID-19 vaccines abroad, President...
The developer of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Healthcare Ministry, is considering the possibility of disclosing the data on who of the volunteers was administered the vaccine, and who was given a placebo in...
A remote working period for businesses in Moscow will be extended until Nov. 29, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in a post on his website on Wednesday, and online learning for secondary school students will continue until Nov. 8, Reuters reported.
“There is no need to introduce new restrictions today,”...
Russia will send army medics to a region in the Urals hit by a surge in COVID-19 cases, the defense ministry said on Wednesday, after doctors there made a public plea to President Vladimir Putin for help, Reuters reported.
Russia has seen new coronavirus cases swell in recent weeks. Authorities...
The phased restrictions that were introduced in Moscow due to the coronavirus have demonstrated their effectiveness, the city’s Chief Sanitary Doctor Elena Andreyeva said during an online meeting of the Moscow city assembly on Wednesday, TASS reported.
"All measures have proven to be effective so far, including the phased restrictions,"...
