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The Russian authorities are studying the experience of other countries in introducing penalties for refusing to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. This was announced by the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova in the film by Naili Asker-zade “Dangerous virus. The second year" on the TV channel "Russia 1". “We are studying the experience [of fines for refusing to vaccinate against COVID-19] from...

Treatment of one patient with COVID-19 in a Moscow hospital costs an average of 240 thousand rubles. This was stated by Mayor Sergei Sobyanin in the film “Dangerous virus. The second year" on the TV channel "Russia 1". “Patients who are in intensive care - they have more costs, light patients - less costs. But if we count on average, then somewhere around 24......

Alexander Gunzburg Clinical trials of a drug to suppress the reproduction of coronavirus may begin in 2022. This was announced by the director of the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg in the film by Naila Asker-zade on the Russia 1 TV channel. “The drug, clinical trials, which will begin, I think, in the second half of 2......

President Vladimir Putin is most oppressed by the high death toll due to the coronavirus. This was stated by his press secretary Dmitry Peskov in the film by Naili Asker-zade “Dangerous virus. The second year" on the TV channel "Russia 1". “Mortality is probably what most oppresses both the president and, of course, everyone who works in the government headquarters. The mortality rate is really hi...

According to the operational headquarters, on the morning of December 19, 90,168 cases of coronavirus were registered in the region (+382 per day), including 10,059 children. 60,797 patients fully recovered (+121 per day). Thirteen more patients have died: men aged 36, 73, 89 and women aged 59, 62, 7......

Over the past 24 hours, 1,023 people have died in Russia due to the effects of COVID-19 . Such data are provided by the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus. This figure was the lowest in two months. In total, 297,203 people died in the country due to the coronavirus, according to the headquarters. Over the past 24 hours, 27,967 people have been infected with the coronavirus ...

RBC Petersburg with a selection of the most important news of the working week Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Anatoly Povely, who oversees the cleaning of the city, said that today Smolny uses only environmentally friendly winter cleaning methods, completely abandoning reagents that could speed up this process. Omicron is already in St. Petersburg: why is it dangerous and will the vaccine help? I...

Sweating profusely during sleep may indicate infection with the omicron strain of coronavirus, said Amir Khan, an internist and senior lecturer at the Leeds Medical School at the University of Bradford in the UK, on ​​ITV's Lorraine, reports the Daily Star. Khan, referring to doctors in South Africa, said that patients with a new variant of the coronavirus complain of increased sweating at night. ...

According to virologist Vitaly Zverev, this is theoretically possible, but he himself believes that the strain was not created artificially. His colleague Pyotr Chumakov suggested that someone could create such a variant of the virus to end the pandemic. The creation of a new strain of the virus by biohackers is theoretically possible, says virologist, academician of the Russian Academy of Science...

The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank approved a loan of 300 million euros to support reforms in the economic development of Ukraine, as well as mitigate the effects of the pandemic, follows from a publication on the organization's website. Ukraine received its first loan under the economic development support program in the amount of $35......

From December 20, Germany will consider the UK a zone of distribution of coronavirus mutations and will restrict entry, the Robert Koch Institute at the German Ministry of Health said on its website. The Institute has included the UK along with Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands in the list of areas where coronavirus variants are spread. Since December 19, the country has becom...

According to the academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, he managed to “weaken” the strain of coronavirus identified in Wuhan, but it cannot be used as a “live vaccine”,since the drug should not cause disease at the Institute of Vaccines and Serums. Mechnikov, scientists managed to weaken the Wuhan strain of coronavirus. This was announced in an interview with Radio Russia by a virologist,...

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has declared a state of emergency in the city due to a sharp increase in the number of cases of infection with the omicron strain of coronavirus. He wrote about this on Twitter. “Today I am declaring a state of emergency in London in response to the rapid spread of the omicron strain in our capital,” Khan wrote. According to the mayor, a new strain of coronavirus has bec...

Yulia Safina was a judge in the cases of the founder of the Baring Vostok Foundation, American Michael Calvey,Senator Rauf Arashukov and ex-head of the Serpukhov district Alexander Shestun View of the building of the Basmanny district court Federal Judge of the Basmanny Court of Moscow Yulia Safina died from the effects of COVID-19 . This is reported by TASS with reference to a source from her ent...

Loss of appetite is not a specific symptom of infection with the omicron strain of coronavirus, experts interviewed by RBC believe. “In general , COVID-19 causes fatigue, and therefore a decrease in mood, which may be associated with loss of appetite. I do not think that this is a specific symptom on the basis of which a diagnosis can be made, ”says Larisa Popovich, director of the Institute for H...

The lockdown will be in effect from December 19 to January 14, but the authorities may lift the restrictions earlier. During this time, non-food stores and other institutions will not work. In the Netherlands, a new lockdown will begin on December 19, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said, Reuters reports. This is necessary to prevent the spread of the new Omicron strain of the coronavirus, the prime min...

Austria will ban anyone who has not been ill with coronavirus or has not been vaccinated against this infection from December 20, according to the website of the Austrian Foreign Ministry. “From December 20, a mandatory “2P+” rule is introduced for entry from all countries (vaccinated or recovered and has a PCR test). If the result of the analysis is not negative, immediate quarantine will be requ...

In addition to the "classic" symptoms: fatigue, fever and runny nose, patients with the omicron strain complained of loss of appetite. Experts interviewed by RBC note that One of the unusual symptoms after being infected with the new variant of the omicron coronavirus is loss of appetite. This is reported by the British edition of Express, citing the results of a study by the ZOE Covid Symptom tea...

In the South Korean city of Seongnam, south of Seoul, a 7-month-old baby was mistakenly given a coronavirus vaccine instead of a flu shot. It is reported by Yonhap with reference to the city authorities. The incident, according to the agency, occurred on September 29. The child was injected with Moderna's vaccine, which is usually given to adults. The drug was going to inoculate his mother. In Bra...

New Year's Eve celebrations on the Champs Elysees in Paris have been cancelled. The corresponding message appeared on the city's Twitter account. “Celebration events scheduled for the evening of December 31 on the Champs-Elysées have been canceled following the announcement of the government at the suggestion of the prefect of police and health authorities,” the message said. Fireworks and a conce...

Omicron-strain of coronavirus as of December 16 was detected in 89 countries. This is reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), reports Reuters. According to the organization, the new strain spreads faster than the delta strain, doubling the number of cases in one and a half to three days. Scientists compared the risks of re-infection with "omicron" and "delta" Society The WHO noted that it...

A new mutation of "omicron" allowed it to infect rodents, the Gamaleya Center is developing chemotherapy for COVID-19, a dispute over the origin of the "omicron". The most relevant about the COVID pandemic is in the RBC review December 18, 12:00 Moscow time Coronavirus Russia Moscow World +27434 (per day) 1......

The Public Health Center of Ukraine has confirmed the country's first infection with the omicron strain of coronavirus. This was announced on his Facebook by the Minister of Health of the country Viktor Lyashko. The strain was identified in a person who recently arrived in Ukraine from the UAE. “The patient continues to be treated. Also, an epidemiological investigation of this case and an additio...

390 cases of COVID-19identified in the Novosibirsk region per day. According to the operational headquarters, on the morning of December 18, 89,786 cases of coronavirus were registered in the region (+390 per day), including 9,995 children. 60,676 patients fully recovered (+281 per day). Sixteen more patients have died: men aged 57, 61, 66, 66, 7......

On the night of December 31 to January 1, public catering in the Republic of Tatarstan is allowed to work until 3:00. In the period from December 20 to January 10 - until 1.00 The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan has amended the resolution on measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus. They were signed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Alexei Pesoshin. In the period from December 2.....

The daily number of new cases of the disease amounted to 27.4 thousand, in total, more than 10.1 million infected were detected in Russia. Also, more than 1,000 people died in a day. Over the past day, 27,434 cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in Russia, according to the data of the operational headquarters. The total number of cases in the country since the beginning of the pande...

Over the past day in Bashkiria , 26 people have died from the effects of COVID-19 . The total number of victims of the pandemic in the republic thus reached 4121. This was reported by the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus infection. A day earlier, 22 deaths were registered in the region, on December 16 - 29 deaths. The number of infected SARS-CoV-2 in Bashkiria increased b...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Ohio has allowed the mandatory vaccination of employees of large companies against COVID-19 . This is reported by The Washington Post. On November 4, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA, part of the US Department of Labor) required all companies based in the country with more than 1......

The New Year holidays should not lead to a surge in the incidence of coronavirus, Golikova said.She called on the regions to increase the pace of vaccination Russian regions before the New Year holidays should increase the pace of vaccination against coronavirus, said Deputy Prime Minister and head of the operational headquarters for combating COVID Tatyana Golikova. “Most importantly, the holiday...

The omicron strain now accounts for more than 90% of new coronavirus infections in South Africa. According to the Ministry of Health, the number of hospitalizations has decreased compared to the period In the Republic of South Africa (South Africa), where the new strain of coronavirus "omicron" has spread, a decrease in the level of hospitalization has been recorded in recent days, Bloomberg repor...