Vaccine persuasion, not coercion. Actual about the pandemic on December 8,

Putin spoke about the way of persuasion in matters of vaccination, more than a third of Russian doctors opposed bills on QR codes, USAtightened entry rules. The most relevant about the COVID pandemic is in the RBC review December 8, 12:00 Moscow time 1.9 million Infected 0 +90 (per day) 34.9 thousand Died +684527 (per day) 267.2 million Infected 0 +8494 (per day) 5.3 million Died Source: JHU,

Situation in Russia

The country revealed 30,752 new cases of  COVID-19 per day (the lowest value since mid-October), the operational headquarters said. The total number of infected is 9.8 million, 8.6 million people have recovered. More than 284 thousand people died. Over the past day, 1179 people died from coronavirus (for the first time in a month, less than 1.2 thousand).

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In matters of vaccination against coronavirus, Russia is following the path of persuasion, not coercion, said President Vladimir Putin . According to him, the authorities are trying to fight the prejudices and prejudices that are associated with the rejection of vaccination as such.

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There has not been a single death in the world as a result of infection with a new strain of COVID-19 omicron, the WHO said. Michael Ryan, director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, said the organization will need several more weeks to study the new strain to finally determine its infectiousness and ability to cause severe illness.

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More than a third of doctors (36.5%) are against bills on QR codes with restrictions for the unvaccinated, every fourth doctor (24.6%) fully supports the bill in its current form, follows from the results of a survey conducted by the Doctor's Directory mobile application. Another 17% of those polled supported the bills, but with the proviso that the proposed restrictions would be expanded.

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About 20% of residents of some cities in Russia have bought QR codes, said Sergei Netesov, head of the laboratory of biotechnology and virology at NSU. According to the virologist, the introduction of a QR code will not help improve the epidemic situation in the country, only vaccination of the population against COVID-19 can fix it.

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A federal information system for sanitary and epidemiological data will be created in Russia, which will make it possible to more quickly identify and track the spread of dangerous infections. The regulation on the creation of the system was approved by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

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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 263.5 million people, of which more than 5.23 million died.

The United States remains the leader in the number of confirmed cases, with more than 48.4 million infected. India is in second place (more than 34.6 million), Brazil is third (more than 22.1 million), the UK is fourth (more than 10.3 million), and Russia is fifth . Over 8.8 million cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Turkey, about 7.5 million in France.

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A march was held in Tbilisi against the "green passports" introduced in Georgia on December 1 as part of the fight against the spread of COVID-19. Participants carried flags with the slogan "No Green Passports!" as well as banners with the words "We are all born free".

From January 1, 2022, Saudi Arabia will allow people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 with Sputnik V to enter the country.

In the Brazilian city of São Paulo, two infants were mistakenly vaccinated against COVID-19 with Pfizer instead of receiving the diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, and hepatitis B combined vaccine. After vaccination, a two-month-old girl and a four-month-old boy were rushed to the hospital.

The United States has earned new restrictions on entry into the country due to the coronavirus. Now, passengers on any flights arriving in the United States will be required to provide a negative coronavirus test, which is obtained no earlier than a day before crossing the border (until now it was allowed to take a test done 72 hours in advance).

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