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Russia’s coronavirus cases rose by 4,921 in the past day, reaching 951,897, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Saturday, TASS reported. According to the data, the daily growth rate did not exceed 0.5%. The highest number of new cases was reported in Moscow - 687 cases, 183 in St. Petersburg,...
The European Commission on Friday called on Moscow to allow swiftly for treatment in Germany of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as well as a probe into his suspected poisoning, Reuters reported. “We expect a swift, independent, transparent investigation and if confirmed those responsible must be held to account,” a...
Russia reported 4,870 new coronavirus cases on Friday, pushing its confirmed national tally to 946,976, the fourth largest in the world, Reuters reported. Authorities said 90 people had died over the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 16,189.
No poisons have been found in Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny’s system on the outcomes of clinical tests, thus doctors do not think he was poisoned, Anatoly Kalinichenko, deputy chief physician of Omsk Emergency Hospital No. 1, told reporters on Friday, TASS reported. Navalny was hospitalized on Thursday after he...
The clinical trial of a Russian COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the Siberian Vektor research center is due to be completed in September, the RIA news agency cited Russia’s healthcare watchdog as saying on Friday, Reuters reported.
Russia’s coronavirus cases grew by 4,870 in the past 24 hours, pushing the total to 946,976, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Friday, TASS reported. According to its data, the daily growth rate stands at 0.5% for the sixth day in a row. The lowest daily growth rates were recorded...
Mass testing of Russia’s first potential COVID-19 vaccine to get domestic regulatory approval will involve more than 40,000 people and will be overseen by a foreign research body when it starts next week, backers of the project said on Thursday, Reuters reported. These were the first details on the shape...
Russia’s death toll from the novel coronavirus passed 16,000 on Thursday, as the country reported 110 new deaths in the past 24 hours, Reuters reported. The country’s coronavirus crisis response center registered 4,785 new cases, bringing its nationwide tally of infections to 942,106, the world’s fourth highest caseload. The death toll...
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is in a serious condition after being hospitalised in the Siberian city of Omsk, the TASS news agency reported on Thursday, citing the head doctor of the hospital where he is being treated. Earlier on Thursday, the politician’s spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, said that Navalny was...
Mexico told Moscow on Wednesday it would like to carry out phase 3 testing of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine, as part of the Latin American country’s intensifying efforts to secure early supplies of an effective medicine to control the pandemic, Reuters reported. After a meeting with Russia’s ambassador to Mexico, Viktor...