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The most up-to-date information about QR codes and anti-currency restrictions in St. Petersburg Citizens of the Russian Federation will be able to receive a QR code for six months based on the results of a test for antibodies to coronavirus infection. This was announced on December 13 by Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. Accordingly, Russians who have been vaccinated with a foreign vaccine w...

Over the previous day, 29,558 cases of infection with coronavirus infection COVID-19 were detected in Russia , according to data from the federal operational headquarters. The number of detected infections for the second day in a row remains below the mark of 30 thousand per day (the previous day it was 29,929) - the previous time the indicator fell below this mark on October 13 (it was 28,717). O...

In the Krasnodar Territory, 812 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed over the past day, the regional operational headquarters reports. Over the weekend of November 11 and 12, 721 and 736 cases were detected in the region, respectively. 1367 people recovered in two days, 52 died. As of November 13, the largest number of infected people in Krasnodar is 241 people. In Sochi, 87 people were infect...

Disulfiram, a drug for the treatment of alcohol dependence, can be effective against coronavirus, writes Izvestia, citing Stanislav Ostavnov, head of the laboratory for analyzing population health indicators and digitalization of healthcare at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. According to him, the benefits of using disulfiram in the fight against COVID-19 were justified by modeling ...

Cyril Ramaphosa South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has tested positive for the coronavirus. This was reported by the press service of the presidential office. The President is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 after testing positive for the infection. Ramaphosa, 69, fell ill after attending an event in Cape Town, according to the president's office. Now he is in a "good mood" and is under the...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed by telephone with South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor Russia's assistance to the republic in the fight against the spread of coronavirus infection. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry. “Issues related to the delivery of Russian cargo to South Africa related to strengthening the positions of South African c...

The new coronavirus strain omicron is likely to supplant the delta strain. This was stated to RIA Novosti by the director of the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg. “There are reports that South Africa is pushing out. And pretty fast. Therefore, everything is possible, ”the scientist suggested. Johnson warned of an avalanche onse...

Regions of the country will gradually begin to lift restrictions. The lockdown will continue to apply to unvaccinated residents of the country, and from February 2022, mandatory vaccination against coronavirus will begin in Austria Salzburg, The current lockdown in Austria will no longer apply to those vaccinated and recovering from COVID-19 , the Austrian Tourism Office said. The exit from the lo...

The British Prime Minister suggested not to wait for conclusions about the danger of a new strain of coronavirus and quickly get revaccinated British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in a televised address to the nation, warned of an avalanche onset of the omicron strain. According to him, the only way to cope with it is with the help of a revaccination program, reports the Guardian. The head of gove...

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin extended the simplified procedure for the import and registration of medical devices necessary to combat the coronavirus pandemic. This was reported by the press service of the government. The simplified registration procedure has been extended until 2025. Prior to that, it was extended until January 1, 2......

The infection rate in Russia has dropped below 30 thousand, checking the effectiveness of Sputnik V on Omicron. The most relevant about the COVID pandemic is in the RBC review December 12, 11:30 Moscow time Coronavirus Russia Moscow World +29929 (per day) 10 million Infected 0 +1132 (per day) 289.5 thousand Died +2862 (per day) 1, 9 million Infected ......

Over the past day in Bashkiria, 34 people died from coronavirus infection, the day before, 29 deaths were registered. This is reported by the Republican Ministry of Health. Currently, 367 people are being treated in hospitals, 97 of whom are in serious condition. Outpatient treatment - 6.6 thousand patients. The incidence in the republic continues to decline: the diagnosis was confirmed in 541 peo...

In the Kaliningrad region over the past day, 188 cases of coronavirus infection were detected, 475 people recovered. This is reported by the information center for monitoring the situation with the spread of infection. The daily number of infected in the region has been steadily decreasing since November 28, when 288 patients with confirmed covid were identified. The day before, on December 11, 19...

Ugur Sahin Ugur Şahin, co-founder of the German company BioNTech, denied reports that he had not been vaccinated against the coronavirus. The businessman personally announced this on the social network LinkedIn (blocked in Russia), reports the German magazine Stern. “There was misinformation on social media that I had allegedly not been vaccinated. In fact, my wife and I received three doses of th...

RBC Petersburg with a selection of the most important news of the working week The St. Petersburg Interdepartmental Names Commission (Toponymic Commission) approved the application of new names to the city map. In particular, the Yaguzhinsky Square and the Cherry Orchard will soon appear in the northern capital, the press service of the Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg reports. The name of ...

"Vaccination" tours are a new tourist product that is gaining popularity in 2021, hospitality industry operators told RBC Petersburg. The presence of partially open (unlike the situation of the first wave of the pandemic) borders makes it possible for Russians, albeit with some difficulties, to obtain the so-called passport of opportunities (a document that allows them to freely move around the EU...

In Russia, for the first time since October, less than 30 thousand cases of COVID were detected per day Number of COVID-19 casesin Russia over the entire period of the pandemic has exceeded 10 million people In Russia, over the past 24 hours, 29,929 cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded. Such data are provided by the operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus infection....

385 cases of COVID-19 were detected in the Novosibirsk region per day. According to the operational headquarters, on the morning of December 12, 87,477 cases of coronavirus were registered in the region (+385 per day), including 9,558 children. 59,237 patients fully recovered (+100 per day). Fifteen more patients have died: men aged 52, 56, 6......

A few days ago it was reported that Downing Street hosted a Christmas party last December despite tight coronavirus restrictions.Against this background, Johnson's rating fell to a record low Boris Johnson British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's job approval rating has fallen to an all-time low in his time at the head of government amid the Christmas party scandal that took place on Downing Street ...

Researchers modeled the impact of the omicron strain on the course of the pandemic. Under the optimistic scenario from December to April from COVID-19in England, 24.7 thousand people may die, with a pessimistic one - almost 75 thousand. Scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine modeled the development of the coronavirus pandemic taking into account the impact of the omicron ...

The first cases of infection with the omicron strain of coronavirus were detected in Turkey, said the country's Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca, reports the Daily Sabah. Authorities recorded one of the cases of infection in Istanbul and five others in the western province of Izmir, the minister said. According to him, the sick do not need hospitalization. He added that "omicron" seems to be "sof...

Experts will test the effectiveness of the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V against the omicron strain within ten days, Alexander Gintsburg, director of the Gamaleya Center, told RIA Novosti. “I think 10 days is enough to test the effectiveness,” Gunzburg said. Earlier, he said that the center assembled the design of the Omicron vaccine, but scientists see no reason to change the drug. Gunzbu...

Construction site in Sibay In Bashkiria, the construction of two new infectious diseases hospitals in Tuymazy and Sibay has begun. The ceremonial start of work was announced at the International Medical Forum “Modern technologies in the organization of infectious safety of regions. COVID-19: A New Challenge”, which opened in Ufa on Saturday, December 11. By the time construction began, sites were ...

The number of people infected with the omicron strain of coronavirus in Russia may be more than two, but not critical, according to virologists interviewed by RBC. “There may be not two, but 10-12 infected with the omicron, in my opinion. This is a very small order, we are not talking about thousands or tens of thousands, ”infectionist Nikolai Malyshev told RBC. Malyshev added that epidemiological...

Due to the emergence of new strains, it is not worth counting on the end of the pandemic in the coming years, the head of the Ministry of Health said. However, vaccination can provide protection in the way that It is hardly possible to defeat the coronavirus infection in the coming years, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said in an interview with Bild. He took over the department on 8 Decemb...

They are in the perinatal center Coronavirus is dangerous for minors with further complications In Tyumen, seven babies are in intensive care at the perinatal center, all of them have been diagnosed with coronavirus. This was reported in the information center of the government of the Tyumen region. “Eight minors are in intensive care in a serious condition. Seven of them are newborns, they are be...

The plane of the Russian Emergencies Ministry took on board the mobile laboratory of Rospotrebnadzor at Volgograd airport and flew to South Africa together with it and previously sent specialists, TASS reports. “The plane completed the additional loading of the Rospotrebnadzor mobile laboratory based on a KamAZ vehicle at Volgograd airport and is heading to South Africa. On board the Il-76 are vir...

The introduction of booster doses of mRNA drugs, which include Pfizer and Moderna, three months after the main course may have unintended consequences, according to the Center. Gamaleya. This is stated on Twitter "Sputnik V". “The hasty global roll-out of tri-monthly booster vaccinations with mRNA preparations without long-term testing may have unforeseen safety [health] implications and highlight...

Scientists believe that the genetic traits of the "omicron" are more similar to the forms of the virus circulating in 2020 than to more recent strains.Virologists put forward two versions of the appearance of the omicron strain Scientists have argued about the origin of the omicron strain of coronavirus. Some argue that it could be formed as a result of mutations in the body of a person with a chr...

A fire broke out near Hospital No. 67, which is located in the north-west of Moscow and on the territory of which the COVID hospital is located. This was reported to RBC in the press service of the Moscow Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia. After the publication of the material, the Moscow Health Department clarified that the fire occurred in the building next door ...