Coronavirus Daily: the main thing about the pandemic by May 5

Breaking news about the spread of coronavirus in Russia and in the world on May 1

On non-working days during the May holidays, instead of the usual morning and evening mailings, we send you only the main thing - a daily digest of news about the coronavirus.

IN THE WORLD

Here is the data from Johns Hopkins University, which monitors the situation in real time:

• Infected: 3.6 million people (May 4 - 3.52 million, May 3 - 3.45 million).
• Recovered: 1.17 million (May 4 - 1.13 million, May 2 - 1.1 million).
• Died: 251.9 thousand (May 4 - 247 thousand, May 3 - 244 thousand).

IN RUSSIA

Official data of the Ministry of Health and Rospotrebnadzor:

• 10,102 people were newly infected per day, in total since the beginning of the pandemic - 155,370.
• Recovered: 19 865 (+ 1770 per day).
• Died: 1451 (+95).

Russia remains on the seventh line in the list of countries with the largest number of detected infections. The third day the number of cases exceeds 10 thousand people. Moscow still accounts for more than half of new cases.

The main thing in the world

• Dutch scientists have created an antibody to COVID-19 that was able to defeat it in the laboratory. It attacks a specific vulnerable site of the pathogen - a crown-shaped protein, with which the virus enters the human body. Now the antibody must be tested on animals, and then on humans, and only then can it become a medicine. But it's still good news: antibodies of this type have already revolutionized cancer treatment.
• Another reason to hope for shifts in the treatment of COVID-19 in the foreseeable future is that the WHO is going to discuss with the US authorities and Gilead Sciences how to make its drug remdesivir (used to treat Ebola, recommended for the treatment of coronavirus by the FDA) more accessible. Data on the effectiveness of the drug seemed to WHO convincing. The drug can reduce the duration of treatment for coronavirus.
• Some countries are beginning to gradually relax quarantine. In Spain, hairdressers are opening, restaurants and bars will be able to work takeaway, jogging is allowed. In Italy, construction sites and factories have already begun to work, non-food stores and museums are opening from May 18. Small non-food stores have reopened in Germany, and the interrupted national football championship will be resumed from May 15. A detailed map of Europe with a description of the relief is available from Bloomberg.
• But in the United States, the situation is still very difficult: the country leads in the number of cases of coronavirus with 1.18 million cases, and in the coming weeks it could expect a sharp increase in the number of deaths. As of June 1, it can reach 3,000 people per day (almost twice as many as now), and the number of new cases will grow to 200,000 people per day (against the current 25,000 per day). This follows from the forecast of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which studied . The New York Times
• In France, a patient was found (scientists analyzed the biomaterial handed over in December), who fell ill with coronavirus at the end of 2019. This is contrary to official statistics: according to it, the first cases of COVID-19 were brought to France from China in January 2020.

The main thing in Russia

• The chief pulmonologist of the Ministry of Health, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergey Avdeev said that the peak incidence of coronavirus is “still far away” and Russia has not yet reached the plateau.
• It was known about the unpreparedness of the Russian healthcare system for an emergency situation 10 months ago, and the optimization of recent years was designed only for a quiet life, said ONF co-chairman and well-known doctor Leonid Roshal. According to him, almost a year ago, the ONF discussed this issue behind closed doors with representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Health. During the discussion, we came to the conclusion that Russia is not ready for a massive influx of patients.
• Sobyanin held a regular meeting of the State Council on coronavirus with the regions. Among other things, it discussed the introduction of a “mask regime” in public places. In the Moscow region, wearing masks is mandatory from May 11.
• Ninth-graders can be exempted from the OGE and certify according to current grades, said the head of the Ministry of Education, Sergei Kravtsov. The fate of the Unified State Examination has not yet been decided: for now, the exam is scheduled to be held from June 8, but plans may be adjusted after May 12, Kravtsov said.
• Two top managers of the aerospace industry died at once - General Designer of RSC Energia, Academician Evgeny Mikrin , Vice President of Irkut, which manufactures Superjet 100 and MS-21 aircraft ( (he tested positive for COVID-19) and Igor Vinogradov his the exact diagnosis is not reported, but RBC sources report that on May 2, Vinogradov was hospitalized with pneumonia). The Bell expresses condolences.