Situation in Russia
The country revealed 34,073 new cases of covid-19 per day, the operational headquarters said. The total number of infected is more than 8 million. In total, more than 7 million people recovered, more than 226 thousand died. 1028 deaths were recorded per day (a new record since the beginning of the pandemic).
Changes in the number of new cases of Covid-19 infection in Russia October 20 Created with Highcharts 8.2.2 Moscow Russia Russia excluding Moscow apr.
How the number of deaths from Covid-19 in Russia is changing 20 October Daily data from the operational headquarters Created with Highcharts 8.2.2RussiaMoscowSaint Petersburgpr.
Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova proposed to declare non-working days from October 30 to November 7 due to an increase in the incidence, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin supported her initiative. Proposals on this issue will be submitted to President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, October 20.
The Moscow City Hall is discussing the possibility of introducing QR codes into theaters and sports facilities, an interlocutor close to the city authorities told RBC. According to him, the same plans exist for shopping centers, museums and restaurants. According to FORBES, we are talking about a “short-term lockdown” scenario in which cafes and shopping centers will be closed.
The Moscow authorities have proposed to the city shopping centers to integrate the entrance video surveillance cameras with a single data storage center of the mayor's office. So the mayor's office wants to strengthen control over compliance with the mask regime.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced new restrictions in the capital. They mainly concern elderly Muscovites over 60 who have not been vaccinated and have not had COVID-19. They are in self-isolation until February 25. The mayor ordered employers to transfer at least 30% of the total number of employees and all workers over 60 years of age or suffering from chronic diseases to remote work.
Experts interviewed by RBC assessed the possible impact on the country's economy of a long weekend, which the operational headquarters proposed to introduce. According to the current production calendar, November 4-7, 2021 should be days off anyway. Adding three non-working days to the November holidays will not have a noticeable impact on economic activity, RBC interlocutors say. However, the situation may change if the authorities decide to introduce more stringent quarantine measures.
Due to the increase in the incidence of COVID-19, budget expenditures to combat the epidemic increased from 2 to 3.6 billion rubles. per day, said Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
Russian laboratories offer several options for testing antibodies to the COVID-19 pathogen. Which one to choose, in what cases what is needed and why it is not necessary to compare tests from different laboratories - read in the RBC material.
The rate of spread of coronavirus in Russia 18 October Weekly growth rate of new cases, %. Week to week comparison.
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The situation in the world
According to WHO, the number of people infected with coronavirus in the world has exceeded 240.6 million, of which more than 4.8 million have died.
The United States remains the leader in the number of confirmed cases , where more than 44.4 million infected have been identified. India is in second place (34 million), Brazil is in third (21.6 million), the United Kingdom is in fourth (8.4 million), and Russia is in fifth , according to WHO data. More than 7.6 million cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Turkey, more than 6.8 million in France. Cuba will remove the requirement for tourists to undergo mandatory quarantine in hotels after entering the country from November 7. In the UK, a new strain of coronavirus AY.4.2 is spreading - a variant of the well-known delta strain. This mutation can be 10–15% more infectious than the Indian strain. Latvia ranks first in the world in terms of the incidence of coronavirus per million inhabitants. The country is under lockdown until mid-November. President of BelarusAlyaksandr Lukashenka reprimanded the officials because they tightened control over the observance of the mask regime, began to fine Belarusians and discussed the introduction of compulsory vaccination. “If you calmly go to the president, then why are you mocking people? Indeed, not a single person has ever come to me in muzzles, they didn’t ask if they were vaccinated or not, they didn’t do PCR tests, ”he said. In Ukraine, 538 people died from coronavirus per day, which became a record daily death rate since the beginning of the pandemic.Spread of coronavirus Covid-19 in the world October 20 Number of confirmed cases of infection <1000 0 <100,000 0 <1,000,000 0 <10,000,000 0 from 10,000,000 0 Created with Highmaps 5.0.10020M40M60MZoom in+Zoom out- Source: JHU Data around the world i