Evening coronavirus

We dismantled the study of the "uselessness" of masks. In St. Petersburg - a record for infection. In Turkey, the second wave and commandant hour - but not for tourists

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In Russia, the second day in a row, a record of daily mortality from Covid-19. 507 people died. For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 500 deaths were recorded in 24 hours. In total, 37,538 people died. 23,675 new Covid-19 cases were identified per day. Record for infection in St. Petersburg: 3421 people got sick there. Due to this, Petersburg reached second place in Russia in the total number of sick people, ahead of the Moscow Region. In total, 2,162,503 people fell ill in the country from the beginning of the pandemic in the country. 25,748 patients with a covid were discharged from hospitals per day. In total, 1,660,419 people recovered.

The actor and director Alexander Shirvindt was hospitalized with coronavirus. The acting head of Dagestan Sergey Melikov fell ill. The governor of the Vladimir region Vladimir Sipyagin was discharged from a private clinic . In Ugra, the QR code system will be introduced to visit public places-similar to the one that was introduced in Moscow.

In Krasnoyarsk, mass New Year events were canceled . In the Smolensk region, until December 10 , self -isolation and remote work for people over 65 years old extended . In the Kaluga region, restaurants were forbidden to work at night from December 1 to January 15.

Data on Russia in the form ofa card and tables . We update them every day.

According to WHO, in a week from November 16 to 22, 4.07 million cases fell ill in the world - 1% more than a week earlier. A record number of infections record a tenth week in a row . A new maximum of sick in Iran and Indonesia . In Germany , 410 people died per day - a maximum of all time. Sicily authorities turned to Cuba with a request to send health workers .

Millions of Americans are going to visit relatives for thanksgiving - despite the requests of doctors not to do this. Emmanuel Macron announced the mitigation of quarantine in France : starting with the weekend, hairdressers and clothing stores will be able to open. Schools, libraries and pools will close Helsinki, as well as ban on mass events.

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Scientists from Denmark seemed to have no reason to wear masks, but not everything is so simple. Scientists observed six thousand people: half wore masks, but half. At the end of the study, 42 people (1.8%) from the first group and 53 (2.1%) from the second were handed over to antibodies. From this, many concluded that the masks can not be worn. Nevertheless, there are questions for the study. The work is criticized that it does not take into account the benefits of wearing masks by those who have already become infected, but so far have no symptoms. Also, the study does not take into account the possibility of infection at home where no one wears masks. And this is far from a complete list of claims .

What happens in Russia with the second wave and excess mortality? And what about vaccines? The scientific editor of the "Medusa" answers . In the release of the “What happened” podcast, Alexander Ershov analyzes the publication “Mediazons” that excess mortality during the pandemic is several times higher than the data of the operational headquarters. And also evaluates the prospects of Russian and foreign vaccines. By the way, here is our exhaustive and updated guide to them.

Turkey introduced a commandant hour and other restrictions - but made an exception for tourists . Millions of Russians continue to travel to Turkey, although, even according to official figures, since the beginning of autumn the incidence in the country has increased by almost five times . The authorities introduce restrictions - for example, send schools to the remotes and close cafes and restaurants - but at the same time try to save the tourist industry. Therefore, Russians and other foreigners may not observe the commandant hour on weekends from 20 to 10 hours.

What else

Bloomberg compiled a rating of countries that best coped with Pandemia. Russia-in 22nd place out of 53 . The rating is led by New Zealand, Japan and Taiwan . On the three lower lines - Peru, Argentina and Mexico. The United States, leading in the number of infected and dead, is in 18th place. Great Britain-on the 28th. Among the parameters by which the publication evaluated the countries: the rigidity of restrictions, the percentage of positive tests, the number of infections for every 100 thousand inhabitants per month and the number of deaths per million inhabitants.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade offered food courts to work according to the rules of restaurants-to avoid closing . The agency, in particular, offers to serve visitors at the tables: either the employee will accept orders or the guests will use the electronic menu. Among other offers - to allocate at least four square meters for each visitor. The founder and manager of the Teremok network, Mikhail Goncharov, called the proposed measures “murder for many market players”, since they are impossible for most institutions.

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