COVID-19

The embassy appealed to the White House and the State Department with a request to issue visas to the minister and members of the delegation. The Ambassador promised to discuss this with the State Department during his visit there on August 18th. The Russian embassy in the United States has asked the White House and the US State Department to issue a visa to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ...

Ned Price The United States understands its special obligation to issue visas to delegations that travel to the country to attend UN events, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said during a briefing. The broadcast was on the department's Twitter page. “When it comes to the United Nations, we, as the host country of the United Nations, have a special responsibility to facilitate travel arrange...

In the Krasnodar Territory, as of August 17, 1181 cases of coronavirus infection were detected. A day earlier, 368 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the region . The data is provided by the regional operational headquarters. Most cases of infection were recorded in Krasnodar - 502. In Sochi, 149 infected were detected per day, in Anapa and Novorossiysk - 45 each, in Gelendzhik - 4......

A mask regime will be introduced in the government building from August 22, face-to-face meetings will be limited,as well as reduced the number of foreign and domestic business trips of members of the Cabinet Enhanced quarantine measures have been reintroduced in the building of the Russian government in connection with the spread of COVID-19 in Russia. This was reported with reference to the rele...

Employees of the mayor's office of Naberezhnye Chelny were required to wear masks at the workplace.Employees of the mayor's office and subordinate institutions of the Almetyevsk district must wear masks at meetings and when receiving citizens Due to the deteriorating epidemiological situation, in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 , employees of the mayor's office and subordinate institutions...

Finland will not cancel tourist visas already issued to Russians, Pekka Haavisto said. He also assured that visa restrictions would not affect applications for study entry, Finland does not intend to cancel Schengen tourist visas already issued to Russians, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said at a joint press conference with his Estonian counterpart Urmas Reinsalu. The broadcast is availa...

In the Krasnodar Territory, as of August 17, 1181 cases of coronavirus infection were detected. A day earlier, 368 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the region . The data is provided by the regional operational headquarters. Most cases of infection were recorded in Krasnodar - 502. In Sochi, 149 infected were detected per day, in Anapa and Novorossiysk - 45 each, in Gelendzhik - 4......

In the republic, it is again recommended to wear masks in public places. The regional department of Rospotrebnadzor published a message in connection with the possibility of infection with new variants of COVID-19in Karelia In Karelia, in crowded places, medical facilities and public transport, it is recommended to use protective masks. Such instructions have been published today on the official w...

Vitaly Volkov, General Director of the Ekaterininskaya Clinic network, on the transformation of the laboratory direction,investments and import substitution in medicine - in an interview with RBC Krasnodar In the summer of 2022, the increase in the number of patients with coronavirus infection resumed in the Kuban. Tests for COVID-19 may again become the most popular in the diagnostic segment. Vit...

detected in Russia per day. A third of these cases were recorded in Moscow - more than 10 thousand people were infected in the capital. Over the past day, 33,106 people infected with coronavirus have been identified in Russia, according to the data of the operational headquarters. This is the maximum since March 18, when more than 34 thousand cases were registered. Only 3167 people were hospitaliz...

A new rise in the incidence of COVID-19 in St. Petersburg is accompanied by other symptoms of the disease than in previous waves. As Deputy Chief Physician of the S.P. Botkin Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital Maria Vashukova said on the St. Petersburg TV channel, now people with coronavirus are less likely to lose their sense of smell. “We are now seeing more pronounced intoxication than in pr...

The mask regime in public transport, as well as the wearing of masks for the personnel of organizations working with the population, will still be of a recommendatory nature. This decision was made at a meeting of the operational team due to the increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 . Over the past week, about 1,2......

From September, the Finnish Foreign Ministry will accept half as many visa applications from Russians.At the same time, the number of applications for tourist visas will fall tenfold. The Finnish Foreign Ministry will accept ten times fewer applications for tourist visas from Russians, the ministry said. “From the beginning of September, an average of 1......

Rospotrebnadzor advised parts of the regions to return the mask regime, and about 50% of detected cases occur in three regions: Moscow,St. Petersburg and Moscow region In Russia, the growth of new cases of COVID-19 continues, in connection with which Rospotrebnadzor advised the regions to recommend that citizens wear masks if the incidence rate is above 5......

The daily number of cases by October may increase by 15-20 times In a new wave of coronavirus, the number of hospitalized patients in Bashkiria may increase from the current hundred people a day to 300-400 patients, according to open data analyst Alexander Dragan. In a conversation with RBC Ufa, the expert noted that at the same time, the current wave of the pandemic will not give the same load on...

The 71-year-old wife of the president has mild symptoms but is generally doing well. Jill Biden never had COVID-19 before.She has been vaccinated twice and boostered twice.Jill BidenJill BidenJill BidenJill BidenJill BidenJill BidenJill Biden US First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for the coronavirus, her spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander has said. The wife of the American president has mild s...

Over the past day in the Perm region, coronavirus infection was detected in 252 people. A day earlier, 376 cases of COVID-19 were detected in the region , two days earlier - 402. Not a single patient died from COVID-19 in a day. During the entire period of the pandemic in the region, 8,855 patients died from coronavirus. The total number of infected people in the Perm region has reached 378,253. A...

Rising oil priceswill bring the countries of the Persian Gulf $ 1.4 trillion over five years. Now they have to decide how to effectively use the excess cash flows, In the northwest of Saudi Arabia, near the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba, there is a small area of ​​bare desert. It is here that they want to build a city called Neom. It is expected that it will become a symbol of the country's aspiratio...

Over the past day, 23,909 new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in Russia, according to the data of the operational headquarters for combating this disease. 3411 people were hospitalized, 59 died. The day before, on August 15, the number of detected cases per day amounted to more than 25 thousand, that is, on August 16, it decreased by more than 5%. The peak in the number of daily ...

Moderna has received UK approval for a new bivalent vaccine that quadruples the number of virus-neutralizing omicron antibodies.Medical facilities will receive the drug by the end of August In the UK, a booster dose of the vaccine from Moderna, adapted for two strains of coronavirus - the original Wuhan and Omicron, has been approved, it will begin to be used for vaccination of adults. The decisio...

This year, the influenza virus may begin to circulate among the population as early as mid-autumn, although last year the period of its activity fell on December, Natalya Pshenichnaya, deputy director for clinical and analytical work of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, told Izvestia. The specialist made this conclusion after studying the experience of Australia. I...

In Russia, cases of infection with a new subspecies of "omicron", which was unofficially called "centaur", are recorded.What is the danger of a new variant of coronavirus - RBC Novosibirsk understood 'Centaur' is a variation of the omicron strain, first discovered in India in May 2022. Previously, it was identified in a number of European countries, the USA , Canada, Japan, and Australia. Accordin...

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a statement released by the Pentagon press service. “This morning I tested positive for COVID-19 . I have mild symptoms and will be quarantined at home for the next five days,” Austin said. The head of the Pentagon noted that he last contacted US President Joe Biden on July 29. US Defense Secretary Austin te...

Albert Burla The CEO of the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Albert Burla, who was vaccinated against coronavirus four times, fell ill with COVID-19 , he announced this on his Twitter. “I would like to inform you that I have tested positive for COVID-19. I am glad that I received four doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and I am doing well, although my symptoms are very mild. I isolated my...

The number of detected cases of coronavirus infection over the past week increased by almost 50% to 1.2 thousand, Alexander Shcherbatov, head of the territorial department of Rospotrebnadzor, announced this at an operational meeting in the regional government. “In a week, 1,199 cases were established, which is almost 5......

The mandatory wearing of masks in Buryatia was canceled on June 1, but from August 16, the authorities plan to return it amid an increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 Buryatia is the first of the regions to return the mandatory mask regime in public places after its abolition. The corresponding decision was made at a meeting of the regional operational headquarters, Vesti Buryatia reports. D...

Meeting of the UN Security Council in New York. Russia calls on Washington not to create obstacles in issuing visas to Russian delegates participating in the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (GA). The statement of the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry was transmitted by TASS. "We urge the US side to strictly adhere to its obligations under the agreement between the UN and the US...

For the week, the incidence rate of COVID-19in the republic increased by 32%. Rustam Minnikhanov recommended returning the mask regime to labor collectives. Herd immunity in Tajikistan decreased to 3, President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that given the increase in the incidence of COVID-19, it is recommended to reintroduce the mask regime in labor collectives, organizations and instituti...

Over the past day in the Perm region, coronavirus infection was detected in 376 people. A day earlier, 402 cases of COVID-19 were detected in the region , two days earlier - 423. One patient died from COVID-19 in one day. During the entire period of the pandemic in the region, 8,855 patients died from coronavirus. The total number of infected people in the Perm region has reached 378,......

The money was directed to the "Cooperation" program650 Yamal families will move to the Tyumen region in 2022. In 2022, under the Cooperation program, 3 billion rubles will be allocated for subsidies for pensioners moving to the Tyumen region, the Information Center of the regional government reported. More than 65......