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Evening Coronavirus
The mask regime in Moscow will operate for several more months. Will there be a new quarantine? Doctors in St. Petersburg cannot receive the promised insurance payments
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During the day, 5267 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Russia. The leaders in incidence do not change: Moscow (684 people per day), Sverdlovsk region (183) and KhMAO (160). In total, 871,894 people have fallen ill since the beginning of the pandemic in the country. During the day, 7331 patients with covid were discharged from hospitals. For all the time, 676,357 people have recovered. During the day, 116 people died, a total of 14,606 people.
Railway communication between Russia and Abkhazia will be resumed from August 7 . Trains did not run for four months. will start operating in the Rostov region from August 10 Restaurants and companies that organize excursions . Theaters and cinemas will reopen on September 1. Russia In the three months since the borders were closed, half a million foreigners entered , and not a single tourist.
Data on Russia in the form of a map and a table . We update them every day.
were detected In Germany, for the first time since May , more than a thousand new cases - 1285. In total, 214,113 people fell ill in the country. Amsterdam has made it mandatory for residents to wear masks in public places. At the national level in the Netherlands, this rule does not apply. 32 thousand residents of the Spanish city of Aranda de Duero were quarantined after 230 cases of covid were detected in the region. Laboratories in France cannot cope with the flow of people who want to take the test. During the day, 1695 infected people were detected in the country . This is a record for more than two months
Donald Trump is confident that the virus "sooner or later will go away." Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus response team, did not share the optimism: he said it could take most of 2021 to fight the pandemic. And, probably, it will not be possible to get rid of the virus completely. The head of the Turkish Ministry of Health Fahrettin Koca said that after the opening of borders in the country, the number of infections has increased . The department later clarified that we are not talking about resorts, but about large cities.
News that may affect you directly
The mask regime and other restrictions may operate in Moscow for several more months . “Protective measures should not be forgotten, and we remind you that this must be done. Imagine when on a subway train half are wearing masks and half are not. <...> It should not be like this, either we fulfill them all, or we need to cancel everything, all restrictions. We do not cancel and believe that they are needed in the coming weeks, and maybe even months, ” said Sergei Sobyanin .
We tell you where the rumors about a new quarantine in September came from - and whether it will really be introduced. Information about the resumption of quarantine since September 20 was distributed by the Octagon, News.ru and Our Version publications. Officially, the Moscow authorities say that they do not plan to return any restrictions . At the same time, Muscovites were fined more severely for not wearing masks, and doctors were allegedly asked to return from vacation by September 15. It is impossible to accurately predict whether there will be a second wave in Moscow in September.
Aeroflot was selling tickets to closed countries for August. These flights have now been cancelled . In total, flights were canceled in 87 countries . Passengers will receive a refund if they bought tickets after May 1, or will be given vouchers if tickets were purchased before this date.
What else
Facebook removed Donald Trump's COVID-19 post for the first time for lying . The U.S. presidential post claimed that children were nearly immune to the coronavirus . This is not the first time the social network has removed Donald Trump's posts, but the first time it has been due to a violation of covid policy.
A thousand St. Petersburg doctors did not receive insurance payments for COVID-19 . According to Fontanka, almost 2,500 doctors contracted covid at work. insurance payments By the end of July , only 1,500 of them managed to receive . The amount of payments ranges from 68 thousand rubles to two million rubles, depending on the complications received.
Johnson & Johnson will supply the United States with 100 million doses of the vaccine for one billion dollars . This is not the first pharmaceutical company that the US government has signed a contract with. The American authorities have agreed with AstraZeneca and Oxford University, Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline, as well as with Moderna . A single dose of the vaccine from Johnson & Johnson costs $10 , which is cheaper than Moderna ($34) but more expensive than AstraZeneca ($3-4).
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