Russia expects to start mass anti-coronavirus vaccinations, across the country, by October, the country’s health minister has said. Mikhail Murashko added that medical workers and teachers will be given first priority, RT reported.
Murashko announced on Saturday that clinical trials of a vaccine developed by the Moscow-based Gamalei Institute have...
The number of the coronavirus infections in Russia has increased by 5,482 in the past 24 hours with the total number of infections reaching 839,981, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Friday, TASS reported.
According to the data, the daily growth hasn’t surpassed 0.7% for 10 days.
The lowest growth...
Russia confirmed 5,509 new coronavirus infections Thursday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 834,499, The Moscow Times reported.
Over the past 24 hours 129 people have died, bringing the total toll to 13,802 — a rate considerably lower than in many other countries hit hard by the pandemic.
A total of...
Russia’s first potential COVID-19 vaccine will win local regulatory approval in the first half of August and be administered to frontline health workers soon afterwards, a development source close to the matter told Reuters.
A state research facility in Moscow - the Gamaleya Institute - completed early human trials of...
The number of new coronavirus infections in the Russian capital has taken a 90-percent dive since the peak of the pandemic, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Wednesday, TASS reports.
"If we take the period from the peak of the incidence, the number of newly-diagnosed COVID-19 cases in Moscow has...
Researchers of the Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered an unusual way of accumulation of point mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus genome indicating that recently it was evolutionarily adapted to reside in bats, the Institute’s press service reported on Tuesday citing the...
Russia aims to become the world’s first country to have a novel coronavirus vaccine approved, CNN said citing Russian officials, including the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev, TASS reported.
"Russian officials told CNN they are working toward a date of August 10 or earlier for...
Russia plans to administer its experimental coronavirus vaccine on healthcare professionals next month before its clinical trials are completed, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said Thursday, as reported by The Moscow Times.
Russia’s adenoviral vector-based vaccine developed by military and government researchers is in Phase II trials with plans to launch...
Russia reported 5,395 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing its nationwide tally to 823,515, the fourth largest in the world, Reuters reported.
Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said 150 people had died over the last 24 hours, pushing the official death toll in the country of around 145 million...
