PCR tests will be limited in time. Actual about the pandemic on December 1

The validity of PCR tests will be reduced, quarantine for those arriving from countries with the omicron strain, “green passports” in Georgia. Relevant about the pandemic - in the RBC review December 1, 11:40 Moscow time CORONAVIRUS RUSSIA Moscow World +32837 (per day) 9.7 million Infected 0 +1226 (per day) 276.4 thousand Died +2757 (per day) 1, 9 million Infected 0 +94 (per day) 34.3 thousand

Situation in Russia

The country revealed 32,837 new cases of covid-19 per day, the operational headquarters said. The total number of infected exceeded 9.6 million, 8.3 million people recovered. More than 276,000 people have died. Over the past day, 1,226 people have died from coronavirus.

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From December 1, Russia resumes flights with Bangladesh, Brazil, Mongolia, Costa Rica and Argentina. Those who returned to Russia from countries where there is a high risk of contracting a new omicron strain of coronavirus will need to spend 14 days in quarantine, announced the HEAD of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova. So far, we are talking primarily about a number of African states. Due to the spread of a new strain of coronavirus in Russia, the validity of PCR tests will be reduced: for example, a negative test for COVID-19 will be valid not for 72 hours, but for 48 hours. Medical professionals, as well as those without a medical background, may believe in the myths around vaccination due to the loss of a foothold and the desire to find emotional support amid the psychological trauma caused by the pandemic. This was stated in an interview with RBC by the curator of research into the impact of covid on psychology at the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Timofey Nestik. Center them. Gamalei has begun the protocol-based adaptation to the new Omicron coronavirus strain, but considers the available vaccines to be effective. According to the head of the center Alexander Gintsburg, the process will take no more than ten days. The Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA), in turn, is ready to make a test system to detect a new strain of coronavirus in nine days.

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The head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, asked the Russians to spend the New Year holidays at home and not go abroad. Tourists risk staying in the holiday country indefinitely due to possible border closures and losing money spent on travel. Russia has already produced about 150 thousand doses of the Sputnik M coronavirus vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17, said the head of the Center. Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg. In November, the third phase of clinical trials of the drug began.

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Russia does not plan to impose fines for refusing to vaccinate against the coronavirus, as it was proposed to do in Austria, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

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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 exceeded 259.5 million people, of which more than 5.18 million died.

The United States remains the leader in the number of confirmed cases , where more than 47.8 million infected have been identified. India is in second place (more than 34.5 million), Brazil is in third (more than 22 million), the United Kingdom is in fourth (more than 10 million), and Russia is in fifth . Over 8.7 million cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Turkey, more than 7.3 million in France.

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Georgia has launched a system of "green passports", which are required from December 1 to visit public places. Citizens of the country will become the owners of such documents after completing a full course of vaccination against coronavirus or after passing a PCR test within 72 hours or an express test 24 hours before visiting a public place. This system will also apply to tourists.

Travel bans will not stop the spread of the new omicron strain of coronavirus, the WHO says. The organization calls measures such as quarantine for arrivals and testing more effective.

Moderna alleges that US authorities forced it to send 60% of all vaccines produced to the COVAX program, which involves non-commercial donation of drugs to developing countries.

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