Less than 30 thousand new infections. Actual about the pandemic on December 12

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 0 +88 (per day) 35.3 thousand

Situation in Russia

The country revealed 29,929 new cases of  covid-19 per day, the operational headquarters said. The total number of infected is 10 million, 8.7 million people have recovered. More than 289 thousand people have died. Over the past day, 1132 people have died from coronavirus.

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Specialists will test the effectiveness of the Sputnik V vaccine against the omicron strain within ten days, said the DIRECTOR of the Center. Gamalei Alexander Gintsburg. Mikhail Mishustin has extended until 2025 the simplified procedure for the import and registration of medical devices necessary to combat the coronavirus pandemic - artificial lung ventilation (ALV), gloves, gowns, masks, thermometers, tests for coronavirus. The plane of the Russian Emergencies Ministry took on board the mobile laboratory of Rospotrebnadzor at the Volgograd airport and flew to South Africa.

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

Due to the omicron strain, the authorities completely banned foreigners from nine African countries and Hong Kong from entering Russia, canceling the previously existing exceptions for holders of diplomatic passports and service visas. Center them. Gamalei assembled a design for a vaccine against a new strain of coronavirus. As director of the center Alexander Gintsburg noted in an interview with RIA Novosti, there are no reasons to change the existing vaccine yet. Participants in the third phase of trials of the Sputnik M vaccine for adolescents will be paid 15,000 rubles each, RBC was told in three medical institutions where the tests are being carried out.

The level of collective immunity to coronavirus in Russia has exceeded 55%. The leader here among the regions remains Sevastopol - 83.7%.

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The authorities have not yet decided on the future bill on mandatory QR codes, sources told RBC. Polls show low popularity of this idea among Russians. The prospects for the adoption of such a law will depend on herd immunity and vaccination, RBC interlocutors believe.

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How the number of deaths from Covid-19 in Russia is changing December 12 Daily data from the operational headquarters Created with Highcharts 8.2.2RussiaMoscowSaint Petersburgpr.
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The rate of spread of coronavirus in Russia 6 December Weekly growth rate of new cases, %. Week to week comparison.
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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 267.8 million people, of which more than 5.28 million died.

The United States remains the leader in the number of confirmed cases , with more than 49.2 million infected. India is in second place (more than 34.67 million), Brazil is in third (more than 22.16 million), the United Kingdom is in fourth (more than 10.6 million), and Russia is in fifth . Over 8.98 million cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Turkey, more than 7.8 million in France.

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It is hardly possible to defeat the coronavirus infection in the coming years, said German HEALTH Minister Karl Lauterbach.

The first cases of infection with the omicron strain of coronavirus were detected in Turkey.

Scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine modeled the development of the coronavirus pandemic taking into account the influence of the omicron strain and concluded that, if additional measures are not taken, the omicron strain can cause a new wave of virus circulation, which in turn will lead to more frequent hospitalizations. than it was last January.

San Marino will start using the Sputnik Light vaccine as a booster dose on December 22.

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