Half of Moscow's 12 million residents have had Covid-19, six times the official figures, according to the city's mayor, Daily Mail reports.
In an interview with news outlet Rossiya-1, Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin said the number was based on city hall 'analysis and research'.
It puts the number of those infected...
Indian watchdog may approve Russia's coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V in the next few weeks, after which its production in India may be set up, Indian Ambassador in Moscow Venkatesh Varma told Sputnik on Monday.
According to the diplomat, the vaccine is going through trials in India.
The vaccine's production in India...
Russia is ready for cooperation with Spain in the area of combating the novel coronavirus infection, including vaccine production, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday after a meeting of the Russian-Spanish intergovernmental trade-and-economic operation commission, TASS reported.
"Russia is ready to cooperate with Spanish partners to combat...
Over the course of 2020, life expectancy for those living in Russia fell by more than two years, with the coronavirus death toll setting back ambitious government plans to consistently raise citizens’ average life spans, RT reported.
Last week, a draft government report on demographics was published by the May...
Russia confirmed 8,632 COVID-19 cases over the past day, bringing the total caseload to 4,702,101, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Sunday.
In relative terms, the growth rate stood at 0.18%, TASS reports.
The lowest growth rates were registered over the past day in the Nenets Autonomous Region and the...
President Vladimir Putin is very likely staying in self-isolation although he received two doses of one of Russian-made COVID-19 vaccines, The Moscow Times reported, citing Proekt.
The president has been living one of the most protected, virus-free environments ever since the pandemic started and across Russia last spring. He has carried...
The number of coronavirus-related deaths in Russia increased by 339 in the last 24 hours, up from 355 the day before, bringing the total to 121,501.
The mortality rate is estimated to be 2.4 percent, TASS reports citing the anti-coronavirus crisis center.
In the last 24 hours, Russia has recorded 6,715...
The vaccine against the coronavirus CoviVac developed by the Chumakov Center is available again in Moscow clinics. At the beginning of the week, the Moscow Department of Health announced that the city had run out of this drug.
"In five vaccination centers based on city polyclinics, you need to make...
The Sputnik V vaccine is efficient against new COVID strains, a research published in the Vaccines leading international magazine by the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology has shown, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Monday.
The research indicates that Sputnik V retains its antimicrobial capabilities against the new...
