Moscow will tighten control. Current about COVID on January 25

Moscow will tighten control over sanitary measures, St. Petersburg will be transferred to a “mobilization regime”, the UK will lift restrictions for unvaccinated travelers. The most relevant about the pandemic is in the RBC review January 25, 11:45 Moscow time CORONAVIRUS RUSSIA Moscow World +67809 (per day) 11.2 million Infected 0 +681 (per day) 327 thousand Died +18935 (per day) 2,

Situation in Russia

In the country, 67,809 new cases of covid-19 were detected per day , 681 of those previously sick died. The total number of infected exceeded 11 million, 10 million people recovered. Died, according to the operational headquarters, more than 327 thousand. At the same time, the number of hospitalizations per day increased by 115% - 12,837 people were admitted to hospitals.

How the number of new cases of Covid-19 infection in Russia is changing Source: federal and regional headquarters for combating coronavirus Data for Russia i

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.

Chulanov - RBC: It is naive to think that the evolution of covid will stop on the omicron Society

The Ministry of Health approved the conduct of clinical trials of a children's vaccine against coronavirus, developed by the Center. Gamaleya. They will be held in three medical institutions in Moscow: the Morozov Children's Hospital, the Children's Hospital. PER. Bashlyaeva and the First Medical University. Sechenov. In the meantime, vaccination of adolescents aged 12 to 17 has already begun in the Moscow Region. The proportion of cases among children is growing, Rospotrebnadzor reports.

Against the backdrop of new records for infections, the Moscow authorities will strengthen control over compliance with restrictive measures in public places. In Moscow, the day before, the maximum number of new infections with coronavirus was diagnosed since the beginning of the pandemic - 19,509.

In St. Petersburg, the epidemic situation has seriously worsened due to the spread of COVID-19, so the city is moving into a “mobilization mode,” the city governor Alexander Beglov announced.

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

Temples in Moscow were recommended to transfer mass events that are not related to liturgical activities online, said the HEAD of the information commission of the Moscow diocese, Alexander Volkov.

How the number of deaths from Covid-19 in Russia is changing Daily data from the operational headquarters Source: federal and regional emergency headquarters for combating coronavirus Data for Russia i

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.

Spread of coronavirus Covid-19 in the regions of Russia Number of confirmed cases of infection <25,000 0 <50,000 0 <75,000 0 <250,000 0 from 250,000 0 Source: Federal and regional headquarters for combating the virus Data for Russia i

The situation in the world

According to WHO, the number of people infected with coronavirus in the world has exceeded 340.5 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 68.1 million infected were detected. India is in second place (over 38.5 million), Brazil is in third (23.4 million), the UK is in fourth (over 15.6 million), and France is in fifth (over 15.2 million). Doctors in Israel evaluated the effectiveness of four shots against coronavirus: a second booster vaccination, according to them, can halve the likelihood of infection and three times the risk of a severe course of the disease. But she cannot protect sufficiently from the "omicron". Fully vaccinated travelers will be able to enter the UK freely from 11 February. For the unvaccinated, most restrictions have been lifted, they will not need to go into self-isolation, a negative PCR test taken two days before the trip is sufficient, and another test will need to be passed after arrival.

Spread of coronavirus Covid-19 in the world Number of confirmed cases of infection <1000 0 <100,000 0 <1,000,000 0 <10,000,000 0 from 10,000,000 0 Source: JHU World data i