On 11 August, the Russian government officially registered Sputnik V as the world's first vaccine against COVID-19, Sputnik News reported.
Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said that Russia will launch the large-scale vaccination of people who are especially vulnerable to COVID-19 in November or December.
"For risk groups, the first vaccines...
Russia reported 4,993 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, bringing its nationwide tally to 995,319, the fourth largest caseload in the world, Reuters reported.
Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said 83 people had died over the last 24 hours, pushing the official death toll to 17,176.
Russia’s federal anti-coronavirus crisis center reported 21,059 new coronavirus cases in Moscow in August, according to TASS estimates.
This is 6.6% more than in July, when the crisis center confirmed 19,761 infections.
Some 34,953 people recovered in the Russian capital versus 28,771 last month. The share of recovered Moscow citizens grew...
The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases across the globe exceeded 25 million on Sunday, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University, which relies on data provided by international organizations, federal and local authorities, TASS reported.
According to the research university, 25,009,250 cases have been registered, 842,702 people have died...
Russia reported 4,829 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, bringing its nationwide tally to 980,405, the fourth largest caseload in the world, Reuters reported.
Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said 110 people had died over the last 24 hours, pushing its official death toll to 16,914.
The number of coronavirus cases in Russia grew by 4,829 in the past 24 hours, the total number of infected people has reached 980,405, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Friday, TASS reported.
According to the crisis center, the daily growth rate does not exceed 0.5% for 13 days...
Three more vaccines against the coronavirus are currently in the process of registration in Russia, the country's Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Thursday, as reported by Sputnik News.
"At the moment, three more vaccines are being registered," Murashko told reporters.
The minister added that these were both domestic and foreign...
Russia reported 4,711 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, bringing its nationwide tally to 975,576, the fourth largest caseload in the world, Reuters reported.
Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said 121 people had died over the last 24 hours, pushing its official death toll to 16,804.
On 11 August, Russia registered the world's first vaccine against the COVID-19 infection. It was developed by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Research Institute and the Russian Defense Ministry, Sputnik News reports.
Twenty-seven countries have expressed a wish to purchase the Russian coronavirus vaccine, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said.
Those who have...
