"Omicron" marches across Russia. Current about coronavirus on January 18

The last bill on QR codes was withdrawn from consideration in the Duma, “omicron” was detected in ten more regions, Europe was predicted to have a tweendemia, and a mutation of the omicron strain was detected in Sweden. The most relevant about the pandemic is in the RBC review January 18, 11:45 Moscow time CORONAVIRUS RUSSIA Moscow World +31252 (per day) 10.9 million Infected 0 +688 (per day) 322.6 thousand Died +8342 (per day) 2 ,

Situation in Russia

31,252 new cases of covid-19 were detected in the country per day , which is 14.1% more than the day before; Of the previously ill, 688 people died. The total number of infected is 10.8 million, 9.9 million people have recovered. Died, according to the operational headquarters, more than 322 thousand people.

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The chief freelance infectious disease specialist of the Ministry of HEALTH, Vladimir Chulanov, told in an interview with RBC whether it is fair to consider Omicron a mild strain, what are the chances of vaccinated people getting infected with it, and whether this will be the “final boss” after which the pandemic will end.

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The Council of the Duma withdrew from consideration the draft law on QR codes. This was the latest of two government bills for QR codes. On January 17, cases of infection with the omicron strain of coronavirus were detected in another ten regions of Russia. Omicron can cause bronchitis in children, infectious disease doctors interviewed by RBC said. “In young children, croup began to be registered, obstructive bronchitis and bronchiolitis. Conditions that require emergency care, ”the HEAD of the children’s infectious diseases department of the MONIKI named after RBC told RBC. Vladimirsky Elena Meskina.

Vaccination in regions of Russia Number of doses of vaccine applied per 100 population of the region* first dose second dose *May not be equal to the share of the vaccinated population. The operational headquarters includes data on revaccination in the information on vaccination with the first and second dose. At the same time, he does not specify whether people who have been revaccinated once or several times are taken into account. Sources: Coronavirus Operational Headquarters, Rosstat, RBC calculations Data for Russia i

The Russians spent more than 64 billion rubles. for medicines for COVID-19. They spent the most on the antiviral drug umifenovir — 16.8 billion rubles. At the same time, Muscovites and residents of the Moscow Region suffered the most expenses - 5 billion rubles each, as well as the Krasnodar Territory - 3 billion rubles.

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Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamalei developed a test system for detecting virus-neutralizing antibodies to the omicron strain, said Alexander Gintsburg, DIRECTOR of the center.

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The Ministry of Health has updated the contraindications for vaccination against COVID-19. Common contraindications for all vaccines are acute allergic reactions, with which the medical withdrawal is valid indefinitely. In other cases, it will be temporary or affect only some vaccines.

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The rate of spread of coronavirus in Russia January 17 Weekly growth rate of new cases, %. Week to week comparison.
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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.

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The situation in the world

According to WHO, the number of people infected with coronavirus in the world has exceeded 326 million, of which more than 5.5 million have died.

The United States remains the leader in the number of confirmed cases , where more than 64.7 million infected have been identified. India is in second place (over 37.3 million), Brazil is in third (22.9 million), the UK is in fourth (over 15.2 million), and France is in fifth (over 13.8 million). Experts have predicted Europe tvindemia due to the return of influenza. Due to the easing of quarantine measures, influenza, which almost disappeared last year, is returning at a rapid pace, according to EU medical authorities. There have already been deaths. In Sweden, a mutation of the omicron strain was discovered. It is not yet known whether this subspecies, which has been named BA.2, can compete with the previous one. Beijing authorities do not exclude that the first case of infection with the omicron strain of COVID-19 detected in the capital is associated with a package from CANADA delivered to the territoryCHINA through the US and Hong Kong.

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